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Fadhil Abbas Al-Ka'bi
Fadhil Abbas al-Ka'bi ( ar, فاضل عباس الكعبي, translit=Fāḍil ʻAbbās al-Kaʻbī;1955) is an Iraqi author of children's literature and childhood studies. From 1978, he turned to journalism and was appointed in various positions, including head of the Children's Literature Association in Iraq from its founding in 1993 until 2000. He emerged in the 1990s as a literary critic, writer and researcher specializing in Arabic children's literature, theater and culture. He received many awards, certificates of appreciation and honorary doctorates from several institutionsin for his literature and journalism career. Biography and career Fadhil Abbas Ali al-Ka'bi was born in Mahmoudiyah in 1955. He has been working in journalism since 1978 and in many cultural, media and literary institutions and organizations concerned with children's issues in Iraq. Official Al-Ka'bi is a founding member and then head of the Children's Literature Association in Iraq from its foundi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoudiyah, Iraq
Mahmoudiyah ( ar, المحمودية) (also transliterated Al-Mahmudiyah, Al-Mahmoudi, or Al-Mahmudiya, prefixed usually with Al-) is a rural city south of Baghdad. Known as the "Gateway to Baghdad," the city's proximity to Baghdad made it central to the counterinsurgency campaign. Al-Mahmudiya has approximately 350,000 inhabitants, most of whom are Sunni Arabs, over 75% of Al-Mahmudiya are Sunni, as reported by the UNHCR IDPs list. While the control of rural areas around the area of Mahmudiyah is by Sunnis, such as the towns of Latifiyah and Yusufiyah, the Shiites remain in the center of Mahmoudiyah city. War crime incident During the Iraq War, a war crime took place in Mahmudiyah on March 12, 2006, in which five soldiers of the 502d Infantry Regiment, raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi (an Iraqi Sunni Arab girl) and then murdered her, after killing her father Qassim Hamza Raheem, her mother Fakhriya Taha Muhasen and her six-year-old sister Hade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |