Ma'ruf al-Rusafi
Ma'ruf al-Rusafi | |
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| Arabic: معروف الرصافي | |
Ottoman Era photograph of al-Rusafi | |
| Born | Ma'ruf bin Abd al-Ghani bin Mahmoud al-Jabbari al-Husseini 1875 |
| Died | 16 March 1945 (aged 69–70) |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, educationist, literary scholar |
| Style | Neo-Classical |
| Parent(s) | Abd al-Ghani Fathima |
Ma'ruf bin Abdul Ghani al-Rusafi (Arabic: معروف الرصافي; 1875 – 16 March 1945) was an Iraqi poet, educationist and literary scholar. A political skeptic, al-Rusafi is regarded as a humanist, a social justice poet, and one of Iraq's national poets. However, he is considered by many as a controversial figure in modern Iraqi literature due to his advocacy of freedom and opposition to imperialism. Because of this, he is known as the poet of freedom. As well as being known as one of the big three neo-classical poets of Iraq alongside al-Jawahiri, and al-Zahawi.