{"id":99,"date":"2009-08-29T19:59:54","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T23:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=99"},"modified":"2014-06-10T17:41:29","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T17:41:29","slug":"nazik-al-malaika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/nazik-al-malaika\/","title":{"rendered":"Nazik Al-Malaika"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nazik Al-Mala’ika (<\/span>\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0626\u0643\u0629<\/span>\u200e<\/span>) is a famous female writer, poet and critic from Iraq. Nazik was born in Baghdad in 1922 to a literary family. Both her parents wrote poetry. Her father (<\/span>\u0635\u0627\u062f\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0626\u0643\u0629<\/span>) was a famous Iraqi poet and writer who edited a 20 volume encyclopedia. Her mother (<\/span>\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0649 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0632\u0627\u0642<\/span>) wrote poetry under the pseudonym. Nazik\u2019s upbringing in a literary household encouraged her to start writing poetry at a very early age. She wrote her first poem at the age of 10. <\/span><\/p>\n

Nazik was trained as a teacher of Arabic and graduated in 1944 in Baghdad. After that, she obtained a degree in music in 1949, and an MA in comparative literature from the University of Wisconsin in the USA in 1959. Later, she worked as a lecturer at the University of Baghdad and the University of Basra where she met her husband. Nazik knew Arabic, English, French German and Latin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nazik published some poems in newspapers and magazines during her university study, and she published her first poetry book in 1947 under the title (<\/span>\u0639\u0627\u0634\u0642\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064a\u0644<\/span>) \u201cshe who loves the night\u201d. Nazik\u2019s poetry is very sad, and deals with topics like death, disillusion, illness, etc. One of her best-known poems is <\/span>(<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0631\u0627<\/span>) <\/span> ‘Cholera’, which is written in free verse. She liked to write religious and moralistic poetry. In addition, she translated poems by Byron, Thomas Gray and others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nazik is considered one of the most influential literary writers in the Arab world, and she is said to be among the first Arab poets to use free verse (<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0639\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631<\/span>). She is also a very respectable critic (<\/span>\u0646\u0627\u0642\u062f\u0629<\/span>) who contributed very important literary criticisms, e.g. \u201cIssues of Contemporary Poetry\u201d (<\/span>\u0642\u0636\u0627\u064a\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0639\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0627\u0635\u0631<\/span>) and \u201cPsychology of Poetry\u201d (<\/span>\u0633\u0627\u064a\u0643\u0648\u0644\u0648\u062c\u064a\u0629<\/span>\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0639\u0631<\/span>). Nazik is also an advocate of women\u2019s rights <\/span><\/p>\n

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Nazik Al-Mala’ika (\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0626\u0643\u0629\u200e) is a famous female writer, poet and critic from Iraq. Nazik was born in Baghdad in 1922 to a literary family. Both her parents wrote poetry. Her father (\u0635\u0627\u062f\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0626\u0643\u0629) was a famous Iraqi poet and writer who edited a 20 volume encyclopedia. Her mother (\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0649 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0632\u0627\u0642) wrote poetry under…<\/p>\n

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