Muthaffar al-Nawab or Muzaffar al-Nawwab was an Iraqi poet and political critic.
10 Facts About Muthaffar al-Nawab
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Muthaffar al-Nawab showed a talent for poetry from an early age.
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Muthaffar al-Nawab completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Baghdad and became a teacher but was expelled for political reasons in 1955 and remained unemployed for three years, at a difficult time for his family who was suffering financial hardship.
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Muthaffar al-Nawab joined the Iraqi Communist Party while still at college and was tortured by the Hashemite Government.
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Muthaffar al-Nawab was arrested and tortured by the Iranian secret police, before being forcibly repatriated to the Iraqi government.
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Muthaffar al-Nawab escaped prison by digging a tunnel and fled to the marshlands, where he joined a communist faction that sought to overthrow the government.
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Muthaffar al-Nawab's poetry is replete with Arab and international revolutionary symbols.
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Muthaffar al-Nawab used his work to incite public emotions against repressive regimes, political corruption and injustice.
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Muthaffar al-Nawab's language was harsh, with occasional use of profanity.
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Muthaffar al-Nawab's earliest writing employed the southern Iraq dialect because he believed that the region was more revolutionary.