Nasser Hajjaj (Nasser Mehyi Hajjaj Arabic: ناصر محي الحجاج b. 14 August 1970) is an Iraqi American poet writer journalist and university professor and researcher [1][2]. Born in Basra, Iraq and a citizen of the United State since 2006. [3] As a public intellectual and cultural critic, Hajjaj is well known for his contribution to the field of Arabic Culturology where he published his book “Sayyab: The Identity of Iraqi Poetry” Arabic السياب: هوية الشعر العراقي [4]
Early Life: edit
Nasser Hajjaj was born on 14 August 1970 in a village called Shalhat El Hijjaj 90 km northern Basra province. He finished his primary, middle and high school in Huwair. [5] Hajjaj publish his first poem when he was 15 years old in Arrasid newspaper . He was exiled to Damascus, 1991 then to Beirut 1992 where he persuaded his study of Arabic Linguistics at the College of Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the Lebanese University. [6]
Publications edit
- Identity of Iraqi Poetry/ Al Sayyab, Beirut 2012 السيّاب: هوية الشعر العراقي [7]
- Crazy Prophecy, Poems, Beirut, Lebanon, 1998 نبوءة مجنونة، مجموعة شعرية [8]
- Reading Arabic, Windsor, Canada 2004, coauthor القراءة العربية، تأليف مشترك
- Trojan Dogs, Poems, Beirut, Lebanon 2018 كلاب طروادة، مجموعة شعرية . [9]
References edit
- ^ "Arabic Instructors". University of Montana. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "The Middle East Studies Association (MESA)". mesana.org/. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Alsabah Newspaper. "AlSabah Newspaper". Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ AlQuds Newpaper. "Identity of Iraqi Poetry".
- ^ Basrah, Government. "Basrah Poets Welcome Nasser Hajjaj". basra.gov.iq. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Akbar, Newspaper. "Identity of Iraqi Poetry/ Al Sayyab,". Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Identity of Iraqi Poetry/ Al Sayyab". www.neelwafurat.com. ISBN 9789953574349.
- ^ "Crazy Prophecy, Poems, Beirut, Lebanon, 1998". www.neelwafurat.com.
- ^ Neelwafurat. Trojan Dogs, Poems, Beirut, Lebanon 2018. 120. ISBN 9781773224534.