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Atika Wahbi al Khazraji

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'Atika al-Khazraji


Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji (1924–1997) was an Iraqi poet and educator.

She was born in Baghdad and began publishing poetry at the age of fourteen. al-Khazraji received a BA from the Higher Teachers' Institute, going on to work as a teacher. In 1950, she enrolled in the Sorbonne, receiving a PhD in 1955. She published a collection of the poet Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf's work in 1954. She later taught Arabic at the Higher Teachers' Institute. She published a work on the poet Isma'il Sabri.

Selected works

  • Majnun Layla (Crazy for Layla) (1954)
  • Anfas al-sihr (Breaths of magic) (1963)
  • La'la' alqamar (The moon shimmered) (1965)
  • Afwaf al-zahr (The flower's membranes) (1975)
  • References

    'Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji Wikipedia


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