Nazik Al-Malaika

Nazik Al-Malaika
Bornنازك الملائكة
(1923-08-23)August 23, 1923
Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
(present-day Iraq)
DiedJune 20, 2007(2007-06-20) (aged 83)
Cairo, Egypt
LanguageArabic
NationalityIraqi
SubjectPoetry

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]