Literary Biography
Salah Haithani
— Writer and researcher from Iraq.
— Studied the Arabic language, its history and literature, as well as ancient history.
— Studied drawing and printmaking at the Voorburg Academy.
— Studied visual arts and art history at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (Netherlands).
— Published texts and research in various Iraqi and Arab periodicals and newspapers.
— Founded and served as editor-in-chief of the cultural magazine *Wahid* (One) in the Netherlands (1996–2002), which focused on literature and the visual arts.
— Worked as a cultural supervisor and editor for several newspapers and magazines since 1994.
— Contributed to numerous collaborative books, including works of poetry, fiction, and research.
— Authored several studies in art and literary criticism, the novel, poetry, and lexicography, including:
1. *The Water of Your Absence, Followed by Other Ruses* (2008, poetry)
2. *As a Fruit Falls in Its Absence* (2010, poetry)
3. *The Day of the Ships* (2015, novel)
4. *A Lexicon of the Emirati Dialect: Study and Etymology* (2013)
5. *Returning Inward* (2010, art criticism)
6. *The Novelist as Historian: Between the Narration of History and the Narrative of Imagination* (critical study)
7. *What the Sword Said to the Parchment* (a study on war literature)
8. *The Coast of the Gulf Novel: A Critical Study of Narrative Structure*
9. *Amin Maalouf and the Debate on Identities* (critical study)
10. *In Search of the Philosopher’s Stone in Macondo* (critical study) Numerous other books and studies—some already published, others currently in the process of publication.

Artistic Biography
Salah Haithani
Artist and Researcher from Iraq
— Studied visual arts at the Vrije Academie (Free Academy) in the Netherlands (1997–1999) and the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (1999–2002).
— Work as an anthropological researcher for the "Artyad al-Afaq" (Horizons) Foundation and the Arab Center for Geographical Literature—an organization affiliated with UNESCO.
— Teach contemporary art techniques. - Co-founded and managed 'Ain Gallery' in the United Arab Emirates.
- Founded 'Gallery 25' in 2018.
- Founded 'Gallery Wahid' in Baghdad in 2020.
- Established the 'Salah Hithani Museum of Modern Art' in 2018.
- Served as the director of 'Etihad Gallery' in Abu Dhabi since 2011.
- Held several solo and group exhibitions, including:
- Solo exhibition at the Kreen Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands (1998).
- Solo exhibition at the historic hall of the Batterij Foundation, The Hague (1999).
- Solo exhibition at 'Azul Gallery' (2000).
- Solo exhibition at the Public Library in Voorburg (2001).
- Solo exhibition at the Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi (2003).
- Solo exhibition at 'Qibab Gallery' (2007).
- Solo exhibition at 'Kunst Raam Gallery' (2008).
- Group exhibition at 'Frans Kokshoorn Gallery' (1999).
- Group exhibition at 'De Koning Gallery' (2000).
- Solo exhibition at 'Kreen Gallery', Dubai.
- Group exhibition at 'Qibab Gallery', UAE (2009).
- Group exhibition at 'Eclectic Gallery', UAE (2007).
- Group exhibition at 'Mashq Gallery', Bahrain (2019).
- Exhibitions with the Iraqi Fine Artists Society since 2017.
- 'Al-Wasiti Exhibition' (2021).
- 'November Gardens' exhibition (first and second editions, 2023–2024) at Etihad Gallery, UAE.
- Participation in events in Abu Dhabi. Art 2024 Edition