Venus Faiq
iraqi-Dutch writer, poet, and translator
Venus Faiq (Arabic:فينوس فائق) (born in 1963) is an Iraqi-Kurdish and Dutch writer, poet, translator, editor, and journalist. Her works includes poetry, articles, in both Kurdish and Arabic languages, as well as working as a volunteer translator for the refugee organization in the Dutch city of Rijswijk.
Early life and education
Venus was born in Sulaymaniyah in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She grew up in the city of Oran, Algeria, where she completed her elementary studies in Arabic and French, she later moved to Iraq, where she finished both middle school in Kurdish and preparatory school in Arabic, in Kurdistan.
She continued her education at the University of Baghdad. She earned a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from the College of Arts at the University of Baghdad in 1989. In 1996, she moved from Iraq to the Netherlands. She studied television editing at the Media Academy in the Netherlands in 2004, followed by radio production at Dutch World Radio's Courses Centre in 2005.
Career
As an Arab broadcaster, editor, presenter and translator, she began working for Kurdistan's People Television in Sulaymaniyah, shortly after its founding. In 1993 she worked for the Iraqi opposition newspaper, Al-Mutamar as an editor; while simultaneously working as a correspondent for Al-ittihad newspaper; and writing for the Kurdistan National Union.
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