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Jul 01, 1904 Hillah, Babylon Governorate, Iraq Died on 01 Jan 0001 (aged 1903)
Iraqi Jewish writer and poet
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About Anwar Shaul
- Anwar Sha’ul (Hebrew: ????? ?????, Arabic: ???? ??????, 1904–1984) was an Iraqi Jewish journalist, publisher, author, translator, and poet. Shaul was born in Hillah in 1904 to a second generation Austrian-Iraqi mother and a Mizrahi father.
- He originally trained as a lawyer at the Baghdad Law College, graduating in 1931.
- Shaul served as editor of the Arabic-language Iraqi Zionist journal, al-Mi?ba? (Hebrew: ??-??????, Arabic: ????????), from 1924 to 1925.
- In his contributions to the publication, Shaul wrote under the pseudonym Ibn al-Samaw'al (an allusion to the poet, Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya).From 1929 to 1938, Shaul founded and worked as editor of Al Hassid (Arabic: ???????, lit.
- 'The Reaper'), a weekly literary magazine.
- The publication featured significant political commentary including criticism of European fascism and advocacy for full Iraqi independence from Britain.
- Under his leadership, Al Hassid, became the foremost Baghdadi weekly.In addition to his publication of periodicals, Shaul published a number of longer works including memoirs, translations of western literature into Arabic, and anthologies of short stories and poems.In 1971, Shaul, who had initially been resistant to leave Iraq, immigrated to Israel.
- Shaul lived in Israel until his December 1984 death.
