The First Iraqi novel “ Al – riwaya Al – Iqahiya “ was written by Suleimen Al – Faidhi in 1919. However writing stories during this period was not desirable، Hence، women avoided wrting it.
Even though، some young writers published many stories in Fata Al – Iraq journal in early 1960’s till Salma Salih has published her three fictional collections during 1961، 1963، 1975، when she issued her best stories in a collection of “ Tahawulat “. Safya Al – Doboni published “ Masalat Sharaf in Egypt.
Shuhaila Al – Hussaini published her stories “ Al – Dafin Bila Thaman “ in 1968 and her novel “ Antum ya man hunak “ 1972 and Manal Al – Sheilkh “ Insiraf Al – Tawabit “ 1995. But the short story in Mosul was not crystalized yet only in the collection “ Ramleyat Modawara “ 1995 by Wijdan Al – khashab who stopped writing after the occupation in 2003.