Hadia Hussein (born 1956) is an Iraqi writer.
The author of numerous novels and short story collections, she is best known for her Arabic Booker Prize-nominated novel Riyam and Kafa.
Other noted books include Beyond Love (2003, translated into English), "Very noisy night" by Al-Thakera Publishing House and That's Another Matter (2002, translated into Serbian).
[1] Hussein was born into a cultural family, and started writing at an early age.
She was blacklisted by the regime of Saddam Hussein and was forced to leave Iraq in 1999.