Najm Wali has been living two lives, each of which belongs to a different culture. It is not easy for an Arab writer, who has lived in a Western country for decades, to belong to the literature of the country in which he was born and educated, says H.A.
Hellyer. In his most recent work, “My Romantic Aunt,” Wali continues his endless stories about Iraq, about Iraqi women, and about the endless pain in Iraq.