Shafaq Hamid al-Rubaie or (Hamid El Mazin) as he borrowed this name for himself by which his stories and novels were labeled…

- The  Iraqi press knew him as a short story writer . His first short story was published in the newspaper "Alta'akhi "in 1976 and the second was published in in the weekly the "Alrasid' newspaper in 1977
-  He was Forced to leave Iraq in 1979 to the Gulf and then to Europe for more than thirty years and the outcome was: 55 short stories and two novels.
- He  Returned to Iraq two years ago, and he is an unemployed  a she says!!

We had this interview with him :
* We heard that you wrote a novel on the suffering of the Faily Kurds, how was the idea of ​​this novel evolved, and what is the secret of dealing with this section in your novels ?
-Faily Kurds for me, are my friends, and they are a daily part of the component of my life during my high school and university. I lived among them and wandered around with them, to the extend that my wedding was held in the house of one of my brothers the Faily Kurds. He was a colleague of mine at the university. In addition the areas of ​​their residence are popular areas and historical heritage.
Q: Have you depended on certain life facts os incidents to be documented when writing your works