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 Abd al-Ghani al-Rusafi (Arabic: معروف الرصافي; 1875 – 16 March 1945) was a poet, educationist and literary scholar from Iraq.[1][2] 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[3] due to his advocacy of freedom and opposition to imperialism.[4] Because of this, he is known as the poet of freedom.[5] As well as being known as one of the big three neo-classical poets of Iraq alongside al-Jawahiri, and al-Zahawi.[6]
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