Samuel Shimon is the cofounder of Banipal, a magazine of modern Arab literature
His autobiographical novel An Iraqi in Paris was published in both Arabic and English
The Times Literary Supplement and the Independent praised An Iraqi in Paris as "a forgiving and powerful book" (TLS) and "an Arabic answer to Miller's Tropic of Cancer" (Independent)
An Iraqi in Paris was long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
His work has been translated and published in numerous languages including English, French, Swedish, German, etc.
Shimon has appeared at the University of Texas, Austin and the University of North Carolina