Storia di un'interprete ai tempi della Seconda Guerra del Golfo. Il romanzo La nipote americana di Inaam Kachachi

Inaam Kachachi's novel The American Granddaughter provides an opportunity to reflect on the role of interpreters - exiles or locally enlisted - operating in war zones. Issues of both identity and mediation between the parties involved emerge, as well as conflict narratives. The resulting picture is not only reminiscent of the Iraqi disaster, but is also a painful depiction of dynamics repeated where essentially weapons are speaking. The story's protagonist, Zayna, faces returning to Iraq, where she is originally from, for a mission that labels her an enemy of her own people, but which will help her rebuild her identity with a new awareness.