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Dr Nussaibah Younis is a peacebuilding practitioner and a globally recognised expert on contemporary Iraq. For several years, Nussaibah advised the Iraqi government on proposed programs to de-radicalise women affiliated with ISIS.

 She has a PhD in International Affairs from the University of Durham, and a BA in Modern History and English from the University of Oxford Dr Younis was a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC, where she directed the Task Force on the Future of Iraq and offered strategic advice to US government agencies on Iraq policy. 
She was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, and has published Op-Eds in The Wall Street Journal, the Guardian and the New York Times.

 She has worked in Washington D.C., Dubai, Cairo, Beirut and Baghdad and currently lives in London. 'Fundamentally' is her debut novel.

 


Genres: General Fiction
 
Novels
   Fundamentally (2025)
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Award nominations
2025 Women's Prize For Fiction (shortlist) : Fundamentally
2025 Wodehouse Prize (nominee) : Fundamentally
2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize (shortlist) : Fundamentally


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