Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen
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Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen (born 1953) is an Iraqi Australian
poet, journalist and translator writing mainly in Arabic
Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen studied Economics and English Literature at the Baghdad University and has a Diploma of Interpreting (Arabic-English) from the Adelaide Institute of TAFE in South Australia
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He has published 12 poetry collections and won the major prize of Iraqi poetry in 1999. His work has been translated into many languages and reviewed by Iraq
i, Tunisia
n, Lebanese
, Palestinian
, Yemen
i and Moroccan
critics and Dr. Migdad Rahim has edited the collection Man of Letters: 33 critics write about Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen's poetry on his work. He has written Arabic translation of short stories and poems from Australia, Japan
, New Zealand
, China
and the United States
.
Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen lives in Australia and is an Australian citizen. He has been a guest at Friendly Street Poets
in Adelaide
in 2004 and at the Gallery de la Catessen in Adelaide in 2006. Some of his poems have been published in The Best Australian Poems 2007 (edited by Peter Rose
) and in Southerly
, Meanjin
among other magazines.
Iraqi Australian
Iraqi Australians are people of Iraqi origin living in Australia.Since the 1991 Gulf War, thousands of Iraqis have found refuge in Australia. The total of population is estimated to be as high as 80,000....
poet, journalist and translator writing mainly in Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen studied Economics and English Literature at the Baghdad University and has a Diploma of Interpreting (Arabic-English) from the Adelaide Institute of TAFE in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
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He has published 12 poetry collections and won the major prize of Iraqi poetry in 1999. His work has been translated into many languages and reviewed by Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
i, Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
n, Lebanese
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
, Palestinian
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
, Yemen
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
i and Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
critics and Dr. Migdad Rahim has edited the collection Man of Letters: 33 critics write about Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen's poetry on his work. He has written Arabic translation of short stories and poems from Australia, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, China
China
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and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen lives in Australia and is an Australian citizen. He has been a guest at Friendly Street Poets
Friendly Street Poets
Friendly Street Poets is a poetry reading group and publisher in Adelaide, South Australia. It has some claim to be "Australia's longest running community open-poetry reading venue."...
in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
in 2004 and at the Gallery de la Catessen in Adelaide in 2006. Some of his poems have been published in The Best Australian Poems 2007 (edited by Peter Rose
Peter Rose (poet)
Peter Rose is an Australian poet, critic, novelist and editor. He belongs to a notable Collingwood Football Club family. His father, Bob Rose, was a famous player and coach. His brother, Robert Rose , played for Collingwood and opened the batting for Victoria before an accident left him a...
) and in Southerly
Southerly (journal)
Southerly is an Australian literary magazine, established in the 1930s. It is currently published in hardcopy and online three times a year, and carries fiction and poetry by established and new authors as well as reviews and critical essays...
, Meanjin
Meanjin
Meanjin is an Australian literary journal. The name - pronounced Mee-AN-jin - is derived from an Aboriginal word for the land where the city Brisbane is located.It was founded in December 1940, in Brisbane, by Clem Christesen...
among other magazines.