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Diary Marif

Diary Marif is a Canadian Kurdish writer and freelance journalist born in Iraq. He earned a master’s degree in history from Pune University, India, in 2013. Since 2018, Marif has focused on hybrid memoirs, drawing from his experiences as a war child. He has contributed to three book chapters and writes for a range of national and international media outlets, including New Canadian Media, Rabble, Toronto Star, WordCityLit, Washington Institute, Culturico, The Markaz Review, DrawMedia and others. In 2022, he received an Honorable Mention for the Susan Crean Award for Nonfiction.

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