Inside the Jawahiri house, a tribute to Iraq's iconic poet

Record ID: 1688622

  • Title: Inside the Jawahiri house, a tribute to Iraq's iconic poet
  • Date: 11th September 2022
  • Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (SEPTEMBER 7, 2022) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF AL-JAWAHIRI HOUSE WITH BANNERS AND SIGNS SHOWING PICTURES OF THE POET SIGN ON EXTERIOR OF HOUSE READING (Arabic/English): "AL-JAWAHIRI HOUSE"
  • Embargoed: 25th September 2022 14:54
  • Keywords: Baghdad Culture Iraq Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri Museum Poetry
  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • City: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001444111092022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The former house of Iraq's iconic poet Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri, recently transformed into a museum and cultural centre, is welcoming visitors in Baghdad since August this year.
    Through an exhibition of some of the poet's personal items, a library, and numerous pictures, the life and work of Jawahiri is immortalised within the walls of the house he lived in before fleeing Iraq under the Baath party.
    "Jawahiri left the country because of his well-known patriotic positions towards the authorities at that time," the Assistant Director General of the Relations and Media Directorate of the Mayoralty of Baghdad, Abdulmunem al-Iesawi, said.
    The mayoralty of Baghdad now owns the house and rehabilitated the building.
    Born in Najaf in 1899, Jawahiri took Islamic studies before becoming a poet, writer and journalist. He died in Syria's Damascus in 1997.
    (Production: Haider Kadhim, Saad Abdullah, Charlotte Bruneau, Kinda Makieh)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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