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An acclaimed Iraqi novelist and short-story writer. Widely recognized as one of the most inventive and prominent literary voices in contemporary Iraqi fiction, Jubaili is the recipient of numerous prestigious honors, including the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel (2024, Historical Novel category) for his epic on the Zanj Rebellion, the Al-Multaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story in Kuwait (2018) for No Windmills in Basra, the Tayeb Salih International Award for Creative Writing (2017) for What Do We Do Without Calvino?, and the Dubai Magazine Award (2007) for his debut The Curse of Márquez. He achieved monumental international recognition when his epic novel The Seer: The Journey of Damu the Sumerian was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2026. Renowned for his rich historical imagination, dark existential irony, and brilliant fusion of Mesopotamian mythology with postmodern narrative experimentation, Jubaili’s celebrated works—including The Halved, The Lion of Basra, and The Black Penguin—masterfully excavate memory, mortality, and the human condition.
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