Ali Ghadeer ( Arabic: علي غدير) (born Jan. 1st 1971) is an Iraqi writer and journalist. He studied

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at a military college, and obtained his BA in 1993. As a journalist, he has worked for a number of Iraqi news outlets. He has published several books till date, including short stories, poetry and a novel. In 2011, he was chosen to participate in the third IPAF Nadwa, a writers' workshop in

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, held under the aegis of the

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and

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