• Writer, critic, and politician.
• Holds a PhD in Arabic Language, Literature, and Civilization from the University of Tunis, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Studied German at Saarland University, Germany.
• Advisor to the Presidency of the Kurdistan Region Parliament.
• Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (fourth session).
• Member of the Foreign Relations Office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
• Spokesperson for the Barzani Headquarters.
• Received numerous international and local awards.
• The sixth session of the International Festival of Poetic Creativity in Fez, Morocco, was named after her.
• Honored by the Ministry of Culture and Youth of the Kurdistan Region in May 2016.
• Wrote and translated numerous critical studies, articles, and research papers for Iraqi and Arab newspapers and websites.
• Honored at the Center for Research and Future Studies at Ain Shams University in Cairo in March 2017.
• Participated in numerous cultural conferences and forums both within and outside Iraq. • Many Iraqi and Arab critics have written about her creative experience, including:
- *The Verdant Text in the Seasons of Speech: Readings in the Works of Khalida Khalil*: Al-Thaqafa Press, Erbil, 2016.
- A doctoral dissertation at the University of Baghdad on her novel *Sails of Nonsense*: submitted by the student Karim Naji, entitled *Genre Multiplicity in the Iraqi Novel*.
- A group of Moroccan critics wrote studies on her poetry in her collection *Reflections of Ashes*, published in a book entitled *The Kingdom of Morocco Celebrates the Poet Dr. Khalida Khalil*: Khani Press, Duhok, 2017.
• Her published works include:
- *The Cocoon of Fever*: Poetry. Shams Publishing and Media Foundation, Cairo, 2008.
- *Sails of Nonsense*: A Novel. Shams Publishing and Media Foundation, Cairo, 2009.
- *Deconstructing the Text: Semantic Approaches to Selected Texts*: A book of criticism. The Kurdish Writers Union in Duhok, 2011.
- Glows of Ash: Poetry. General Cultural Affairs House, Baghdad, 2013.
- Divergent Visions and Reception in Poetic Discourse. General Cultural Affairs House, Baghdad, 2014.
- The Eastern Mediterranean: Narrative Structure and Mechanisms of its Artistic Formation. Shams Foundation for Publishing and Media, Cairo, 2023.
- A Sea Churning on My Palm: The Open Text. Shams Foundation for Publishing and Media, Cairo, 2024.
• Co-authored works:
- Springs of the Text and the Aesthetics of Formation: Readings in the Poetry of Bushra al-Bustani. A group of researchers. Introduction by Dr. Khalil Shukri Hayyas. Dijla Publishing and Distribution House, Amman, 2012.
- The Aesthetics of the Text and the Diversity of Discourse: A group of researchers. Introduction by Dr. Khalil Shukri Hayyas. Tammuz Publishing House, Damascus, 2012.
- Outside the Homeland... Inside the Dream: A book that tells the story of creative Iraqi women in exile. Faten Al-Jabri. General Cultural Affairs House, Baghdad, 2016.
• She wrote introductions to several books, most notably:
- Multiple Visions in a Musical Wreath on the Corpse of a Piano by the poet Jawad Al-Hattab: Published by Dar Nashiroun, Baghdad, 2013.
- Dialogue as a Solution in the Proposals of the Kurdish Politician Fadhil Mirani: Published by Shams Publishing and Media Foundation, Cairo, 2013.
