Partial list of Iraqi poets. * Abdul Hadi al-Shirazi * Ahmed Matar *

Ali Bader Ali Bader (Arabic علي بدر) is an Iraqi novelist, poet, poetry translator, script writer, critic, regarded as the most significant writer to emerge in Arabic world, in the last decade. author of fifteen works of fiction, and several works o ...

Alise Alousi Alise Alousi is an Iraqi American poet living in Detroit. She was formerly a program director at ''Alternatives for Girls'', a local program to keep vulnerable girls and young women from dropping out of school, street activity and other risky acti ...

Amira Nur al-Din Amira Nur al-Din Daoud (1925 – April 2020) was an Iraqi poet. Born in Baghdad. After completing her secondary education, she joined Cairo University, Fuad I University in Cairo in 1943, and BA in Arabic Language and Literature in 1947, and a m ...

* Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji * Bahira Abdulatif *

Daisy Al-Amir Daisy Al-Amir ( ar, ديزي الأمير), often referred to as simply Dayzi Amir, is an Iraqi writer, poet and novelist. She is author oThe Waiting List: An Iraqi Woman's Tales of Alienationhas renowned her as one of the leading female writers ...

* Fatina al-Na'ib * Fuzuli (poet) * Hidir Lutfi * Hijri Dede *

Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi ( ar, جميل صدقي الزهاوي, ; 17 June 1863 – January 1936) was a prominent Iraqi poet and philosopher. He is regarded as one of the greatest contemporary poets of the Arab world and was known for his defence o ...

Lamia Abbas Amara Lamia Abbas Amara ( ar, لميعة عباس عمارة, also sometimes spelled Lamea Abbas Amara; 1929 – 18 June 2021) was an Iraqi poet. She was a pioneer of modern Arabic poetry and an important figure in contemporary poetry in Iraq. Name L ...

Maruf al Rusafi Ma'ruf bin Abdul Ghani al Rusafi (1875–1945) (Arabic: معروف الرصافي) was a poet, educationist and literary scholar from Iraq. He is considered by many as a controversial figure in modern Iraqi literature due to his advocacy of freed ...

* Muhammad Sadiq Hassan * Muhammad Sa'id al-Habboubi * Muhammad Sa'id al-Sakkar *

Mulla Effendi Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi, also Mulla Effendi (also spelled Mala Fandi), ( ku, Mele Fendî) ( ar, ملا أفندي) also Abu Bakr IV or Küçük Mulla (1863 - December 31, 1942) was a senior Kurdish-Iraqi Muslim Scholar, Islamic philosopher, sch ...

Najiba Ahmad Najiba Ahmad (born 1954) ( Kurdish:نه‌جیبە ئه‌حمه‌د, Necîbe Ehmed; pronounced ) is a contemporary Kurdish writer, poet, and translator Life and career Ahmad was born in northern city of Kirkuk in 1954. She studied Kurdish lang ...

Nalî Nalî ( ku, نالی), also known as Mallah Xidir Ehmed Şawaysî Mîkayalî ( ku, مەلا خدر (خضر) کوڕی ئەحمەدی شاوەیسی ئاڵی بەگی میکایلی)Keith Hitchins, "NALÎ" in Encyclaopedia Iranica (1800 Shahrizor - ...

Nasrallah al-Haeri . al-Mudarris al-Shaheed, ar, المدرّس الشهيد al-Safi ar, الصفيّ al-Sharif al-'Awhad ar, الشريف الأوحد , death_date = , death_place = Constantinople, Ottoman Empire , death_cause = Ass ...

Nazik Al-Malaika Nazik al-Malaika ( ar, نازك الملائكة; 23 August 1923 – 20 June 2007) was an Iraqi poet. Al-Malaika is noted for being among the first Arabic poets to use free verse. Early life and career Al-Malaika was born in Baghdad to a cult ...

Qusay al-Shaykh Askar Qusay Abd al-Ra'uf Askar, commonly known as Qusay al-Shaykh Askar ( ar, قصي الشيخ عسكر, translit=Quṣayy al-Shaykh ʻAskar;1951) is an Iraqi-Danish novelist, poet and literary scholar. His first poetry collection was published in 19 ...

Rabab Al-Kadhimi Rabab Al-Kadhimi (, also Rabab Al-Kazimi; 30 July 1918 – 1998) was an Iraqi feminist poet and dental surgeon, who is considered a pioneer of women's poetry. Early life and career Rabab al-Kadhimi was born in Cairo on 23 August 1918. Her fat ...

Riza Talabani Sheikh Riza Talabani ( ku, شێخ ڕەزای تاڵەبانی, Şêx Rizayê Talebanî) was a celebrated Kurdish poet from Kirkuk, Iraq. Talabani wrote his poetry in Kurdish, Persian, and Arabic. Most of his poetry consists of Satire, Ribaldry ...

* Wafaa Abed Al Razzaq * Waheed Khayoun * Zaki al-Sarraf * Zuhur Dixon

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Poets From Iraq *

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

poets A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...