Najiba Ahmad (born 1954) (Kurdish:نهجیبە ئهحمهد, Necîbe Ehmed; pronounced [nadʒiːba aħmad]) is a contemporary Kurdish writer, poet, and translator Ahmad was born in northern city of Kirkuk in 1954.
At the time when she began writing poetry, she was the only female Kurdish literary figure.
[1] Along with a handful of female Kurdish poets and writers, including Kajal Ahmad (b.
1966), she is regarded as making a significant contribution to the development of Kurdish literature.
[2] She has published three volumes of her short stories and of her poetry and her work is also included in anthologies such as An Anthology of Modern Kurdish Literature [3] She has also translated poetry from Arabic and Persian to Kurdish and written literary articles, novels, short stories, drama, and literary works for children.