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Hafiz Ibrahim. (1871-1932). Egyptian-Turkish Army officer (1891) - Sudan (as exile) - court martialled (1900) Best -known neoclassicist after Shauqi Related to the common people (people's poet) Al-Ahram newspaper Muhammad Abduh - intellectual and political leading figures
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Hafiz Ibrahim (1871-1932)
Egyptian-Turkish • Army officer (1891) - Sudan (as exile) - court martialled (1900) • Best -known neoclassicist after Shauqi • Related to the common people (people's poet) • Al-Ahram newspaper • Muhammad Abduh - intellectual and political leading figures • Political/revolutionary poetry • Panegyric, elegy (cold, imitative), description, love and wine
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi 1863-1936
Kurdish origin • Traditional religious education • Masterd Turkish and Persian • Father of modern Iraqi poetry - not a pre-romantic • Reacted strongly against artificiality, mental sterility, and imitation • Description of the nature • People suffering • Philosophical and metphysical • Al-shi'r al-mursal
Ma'ruf al-Rasafi 1875-1945
Humble origin • Koranic school - military - religious • Held post in education, politics and journalism • Social and political poetry • Accused of heresy • Simplified the language of Iraqi poetry