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{{Short description|Iraqi poet and political critic (1934–2022)}} |
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| name = Muzaffar al-Nawwab |
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| birth_name = Muzaffar Abd al-Majid al-Nawwab |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|1|1|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Baghdad]], [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]] |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|5|20|1934|1|1|df=y}} |
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| death_place = University Hospital Sharjah, [[Sharjah]], United Arab Emirates |
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| parents = Abdul Majid al-Nawwab (father) |
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| nationality = [[Iraqis|Iraqi]] |
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| occupation = Poet, Politician |
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| ⚫ | '''Muthaffar al-Nawab''' or '''Muzaffar al-Nawwab''' ({{Langx|ar|مظفر عبد المجيد النواب}}; 1 January 1934 – 20 May 2022) was an Iraqi poet and political critic.<ref name="al-khabar">{{cite news|last1=Al-Saray|first1=Hussam|title=Iraq 2011: The Return of the Poets|url=http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/3022|accessdate=6 July 2014|work=Al Akhbar|date=4 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622094303/http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/3022|archive-date=22 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="DoughertyGhareeb2013">{{cite book|author1=Beth K. Dougherty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZmQYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA449|title=Historical Dictionary of Iraq|author2=Edmund A. Ghareeb|date=7 November 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7942-3|pages=449–}}</ref> |
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==Life and career== |
==Life and career== |
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| ⚫ | Al-Nawwab was born in [[Baghdad]], [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]], in 1934 into an [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] Shi'ite family of Indian origin that appreciated art, poetry and music.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.france24.com/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9/20220520-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B8%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B6 | title=وفاة الشاعر العراقي مظفر النواب في الإمارات بعد صراع مع المرض | date=20 May 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.skynewsarabia.com/varieties/1523900-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA-%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B8%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8 | title=الموت يغيّب الشاعر العراقي مظفر النواب }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=مصطفى عبيد |title=ضد التاريخ – تفنيد أكاذيب السلطة وتبديد أوهام الشعب |publisher=الدار المصرية اللبنانية |year=2022 |language=ar |page=230 |isbn=9789777953498 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3487519-%D9%85%D8%B8%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8|title=مظفر النواب|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref> He showed a talent for poetry from an early age. He completed his undergraduate studies at the [[University of Baghdad]] and became a teacher but was expelled for political reasons in 1955 and remained unemployed for three years, at a difficult time for his family who was suffering financial hardship.<ref name="Online">"Iraqi Poets who Lived in Exile", ''Poetry News Agency'' 14 April 2014, [http://www.alapn.com/en/news.php?cat=1&id=5269 Online:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805052730/http://www.alapn.com/en/news.php?cat=1&id=5269 |date=2018-08-05 }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | He joined the [[Iraqi Communist Party]] while still at college and was tortured by the [[Hashemite]] Government. After the [[14 July Revolution|Iraqi revolution]] in 1958 which overthrew the monarchy, he was appointed an inspector at the Ministry of Education. In 1963 he was forced to leave Iraq to neighbouring Iran, after the intensification of competition between the nationalists and the communists who were exposed to prosecution and strict observation by the ruling regime. He was arrested and tortured by the [[SAVAK|Iranian secret police]], before being forcibly repatriated to the Iraqi government. An Iraqi court handed down a death sentence against him for one of his poems, later commuted to life imprisonment. He escaped prison by digging a tunnel and fled to the marshlands, where he joined a communist faction that sought to overthrow the government.<ref>Ghareeb, Edmund A., ''Historical Dictionary of Iraq'', 2004, p. 172. Scarecrow Press, {{ISBN|0-8108-4330-7}}.</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Known for his powerful revolutionary poems and scathing invectives against Arab dictators,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poemhunter.com/muzaffar-al-nawwab/|title=Muzaffar al-Nawwab - Poet Muzaffar al-Nawwab Poems|website=Poem Hunter}}</ref> he lived in exile in many countries, including Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and Eritrea, where he stayed with the Eritrean rebels, before returning to Iraq in 2011.<ref name="al-khabar" /> Before he returned to Iraq, he had been essentially stateless being able to travel only on Libyan travel documents. The first complete Arabic language edition of his works was published in London in 1996 by "Dar Qanbar"<ref>Al-'Amaal al-Shi'riyya al-Kamila lil-Sha'ir al-Arabi al-Munadil Muzaffar al-Nawab (Dar Qanbar: London, 1996)</ref> He died on 20 May 2022 in the University Hospital Sharjah in the UAE.<ref>[https://www.alarabiya.net/arab-and-world/iraq/2022/05/20/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B8%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8 وفاة الشاعر العراقي الكبير مظفر النواب] Al Arabiya</ref> |
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| ⚫ | He joined the Iraqi Communist Party while still at college |
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| ⚫ | Known for his powerful revolutionary poems and scathing invectives against Arab dictators,<ref> |
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==Work== |
==Work== |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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* Athamneh, W., "Arabic Poetry and Terrorism: The Dictator Perishes and the Poet Remains", ''Arab Studies Quarterly'', Vol. 40, No. 2 (Spring 2018), pp. 97–116, DOI: 10.13169/arabstudquar.40.2.0097 (an exaination of the poetry of three revolutionary poets; [[Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati]], [[Nizar Qabbani]] and Muzaffar Al- |
* Athamneh, W., "Arabic Poetry and Terrorism: The Dictator Perishes and the Poet Remains", ''Arab Studies Quarterly'', Vol. 40, No. 2 (Spring 2018), pp. 97–116, DOI: 10.13169/arabstudquar.40.2.0097 (an exaination of the poetry of three revolutionary poets; [[Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati]], [[Nizar Qabbani]] and Muzaffar Al-Nawwab |
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==External links== |
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*[https://www.poemist.com/muzaffar-al-nawwab/poems Muzaffar al- |
*[https://www.poemist.com/muzaffar-al-nawwab/poems Muzaffar al-Nawwab poems in English] |
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Latest revision as of 01:21, 5 November 2024
Muzaffar al-Nawwab | |
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| Born | Muzaffar Abd al-Majid al-Nawwab 1 January 1934 |
| Died | 20 May 2022 (aged 88) University Hospital Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, Politician |
| Parent | Abdul Majid al-Nawwab (father) |
Muthaffar al-Nawab or Muzaffar al-Nawwab (Arabic: مظفر عبد المجيد النواب; 1 January 1934 – 20 May 2022) was an Iraqi poet and political critic.[1][2]
Life and career
[edit]Al-Nawwab was born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1934 into an aristocratic Shi'ite family of Indian origin that appreciated art, poetry and music.[3][4][5][6] He showed a talent for poetry from an early age. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Baghdad and became a teacher but was expelled for political reasons in 1955 and remained unemployed for three years, at a difficult time for his family who was suffering financial hardship.[7]
He joined the Iraqi Communist Party while still at college and was tortured by the Hashemite Government. After the Iraqi revolution in 1958 which overthrew the monarchy, he was appointed an inspector at the Ministry of Education. In 1963 he was forced to leave Iraq to neighbouring Iran, after the intensification of competition between the nationalists and the communists who were exposed to prosecution and strict observation by the ruling regime. He was arrested and tortured by the Iranian secret police, before being forcibly repatriated to the Iraqi government. An Iraqi court handed down a death sentence against him for one of his poems, later commuted to life imprisonment. He escaped prison by digging a tunnel and fled to the marshlands, where he joined a communist faction that sought to overthrow the government.[8]
Known for his powerful revolutionary poems and scathing invectives against Arab dictators,[9] he lived in exile in many countries, including Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and Eritrea, where he stayed with the Eritrean rebels, before returning to Iraq in 2011.[1] Before he returned to Iraq, he had been essentially stateless being able to travel only on Libyan travel documents. The first complete Arabic language edition of his works was published in London in 1996 by "Dar Qanbar"[10] He died on 20 May 2022 in the University Hospital Sharjah in the UAE.[11]
Work
[edit]He is often known as the "revolutionary poet". His poetry is replete with Arab and international revolutionary symbols. He used his work to incite public emotions against repressive regimes, political corruption and injustice. His language was harsh, with occasional use of profanity. His earliest writing employed the southern Iraq dialect because he believed that the region was more revolutionary. However, the use of that particular dialect failed to garner a mass audience, and he eventually switched to classical language in his later works.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Al-Saray, Hussam (4 January 2012). "Iraq 2011: The Return of the Poets". Al Akhbar. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ Beth K. Dougherty; Edmund A. Ghareeb (7 November 2013). Historical Dictionary of Iraq. Scarecrow Press. pp. 449–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
- ^ "وفاة الشاعر العراقي مظفر النواب في الإمارات بعد صراع مع المرض". 20 May 2022.
- ^ "الموت يغيّب الشاعر العراقي مظفر النواب".
- ^ مصطفى عبيد (2022). ضد التاريخ – تفنيد أكاذيب السلطة وتبديد أوهام الشعب (in Arabic). الدار المصرية اللبنانية. p. 230. ISBN 9789777953498.
- ^ "مظفر النواب". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ a b "Iraqi Poets who Lived in Exile", Poetry News Agency 14 April 2014, Online: Archived 2018-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ghareeb, Edmund A., Historical Dictionary of Iraq, 2004, p. 172. Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0-8108-4330-7.
- ^ "Muzaffar al-Nawwab - Poet Muzaffar al-Nawwab Poems". Poem Hunter.
- ^ Al-'Amaal al-Shi'riyya al-Kamila lil-Sha'ir al-Arabi al-Munadil Muzaffar al-Nawab (Dar Qanbar: London, 1996)
- ^ وفاة الشاعر العراقي الكبير مظفر النواب Al Arabiya
Further reading
[edit]- Athamneh, W., "Arabic Poetry and Terrorism: The Dictator Perishes and the Poet Remains", Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Spring 2018), pp. 97–116, DOI: 10.13169/arabstudquar.40.2.0097 (an exaination of the poetry of three revolutionary poets; Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati, Nizar Qabbani and Muzaffar Al-Nawwab
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