Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863-1936) (Arabic: جميل صدقي الزهاوي, Jamīl Sidqī al-Zahāwī) 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 defense of women's rights.
Zahawi was born in Baghdad. His father, of Iraqi Kurd origin, was the Mufti of Iraq and a member of the Baban clan. His mother was a Turkmen. He lived in Bagdad, then left for Istanbul, then to Je...
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Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863-1936) (Arabic: جميل صدقي الزهاوي, Jamīl Sidqī al-Zahāwī) 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 defense of women's rights.
Zahawi was born in Baghdad. His father, of Iraqi Kurd origin, was the Mufti of Iraq and a member of the Baban clan. His mother was a Turkmen. He lived in Bagdad, then left for Istanbul, then to Jerusalem to complete his studies.
During the Ottoman era he held numerous positions: as a member of the Baghdad Education Council, where he championed education for women; as an editor of the only newspaper in Baghdad, al-Zahra; as a member of the Supreme Court in Yemen and Istanbul; as a professor of Islamic philosophy at the Royal University and as a professor of literature at the College of Arts in Istanbul. After Iraq's independence in 1921, he was elected to parliament twice and appointed to the upper chamber for one term.
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