Ali Al-Zaak

Member Since: December 2016

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This is a library of books and writings that Ali Al-Zaak has published.

Cucaracha: Short Stories- Microbial Fantasies

The author blends facts with lots of fantasies to create an amusing book that suits readers gifted with fertile imagination. It is a collection of short tales about creatures living among us in real yet fantasy fashion. If you are feeling alone in spite o

Quatrains : Poetry from Iraq (Kindle Edition)

Though the poems are written originally in English, in this book, the author successfully and with great care transfers the beautiful Arabic rhythm, rhyme, and musicality to English quatrains. Many quatrains comprise entire poems, while others are part of


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The Train of Eridu

Short Story / Romance

Romantic Arabian coffee maker loves passenger on a rocky train of the ancient Eridu city Read More

Proposing to Sara Khatun

Short Story / Romance

An inter-faith proposing story. Read More

Rescuing Sara Jacob

Short Story / Romance

The beginning of the tale of an Arabian Lieutenant in the Ottoman Army. Read More

Cleaved at the front

Short Story / Romance

The word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or " bind together." Read More


News

Last Updated Sep 05, 2020

Quatrains: Poetry from Iraq" is my new book published as E book by Kindle Amazon

My books on Amazon and other major distributors:

Are You Brown Name in a Black List?

Mesopotamian Memoir 

Paperback– February 27, 2018

by Ali Al- Zaak  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Brown-Name-Black-Mesopotamian-Memoir/dp/147879514X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520370527&sr=1-1&keywords=Are+you+brown+name+in+black+list

And four other books: "Cucaracha", "Love in the time of Nebuchadnezzar", "Kirkuk-Istanbul: Atale of two cities", and "Quatrains: Poetry from Iraq" 

 


About

Ali Al-Zaak was born and educated in Baghdad/Iraq then earned a doctorate in Microbiology from the University of Queensland in Australia.  Additional to his many scientific publications as a university professor, he writes poetry and stories that combine details, history, and mythology. He is the author of five books: " Are you brown name in a blacklist?", "Cucaracha", "Love in the time of Nebuchadnezzar",  "Kirkuk-Istanbul: A Tale of Two Cities", and "Quatrains:Poetry from Iraq".

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