BEDIYE TOPAL IS AN EMERGING KURDISH-ENGLISH WRITER AND A MOTHER. SHE RECENTLY COMPLETED HER MA IN CREATIVE WRITING AT BIRKBECK. SHE WON THE CORDELIA FELDMAN PRIZE FOR HER PIECE ‘X AND I’ AND HAS BEEN AWARDED THE SOPHIE WARNE FELLOWSHIP FOR HER DISSERTATION IN CREATIVE WRITING AT BIRKBECK.