Nazik Al-Malaika | |
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Born | نازك الملائكة August 23, 1923 Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq (present-day Iraq) |
Died | June 20, 2007 Cairo, Egypt | (aged 83)
Language | Arabic |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Subject | Poetry |
Nazik al-Malaika (Arabic: نازك الملائكة; 23 August 1923 – 20 June 2007[1]) was an Iraqi poet. Al-Malaika is noted for being among the first Arabic poets to use free verse.[2]