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Al-Mutanabbi
(Poet)
18
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Birthdate: 0915 AD
Birthplace: Kufa, Iraq
Died: September 3, 0965
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Abu Nuwas
(Poet)
16
3
Birthdate: 0756 AD
Birthplace: Ahvaz, Iran
Died: 0814 AD
3
Enheduanna
(Poet)
18
4
Birthdate: 2285 BC
Birthplace: Mesopotamia
Died: 2250 BC
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Fuzûlî
(Poet)
13
4
Birthdate: 1494 AD
Birthplace: Karbala, Iraq
Died: 1556 AD
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Al-Hariri of Basra
(Islamic scholar)
12
2
Birthdate: 1054 AD
Birthplace: near Basra, Iraq
Died: September 9, 1122
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Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri
(Poet)
12
2
Birthdate: July 26, 1900
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Najaf, Ottoman Empire (Present Day Iraq)
Died: July 27, 1997
7
Al-Farazdaq
(Islamic poet)
11
2
Birthdate: 0641 AD
Birthplace: Yamamah region
Died: 0728 AD
8
Ibrahim al-Nazzam
(Theologian)
8
2
Birthdate: 0775 AD
Birthplace: Basrah, Iraq
Died: 0845 AD
9
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
(Author)
7
1
Birthdate: August 28, 1920
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bethlehem
Died: December 12, 1994
10
Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati
(Poet)
7
1
Birthdate: December 19, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Baghdad, Iraq
Died: August 3, 1999
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Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi
(Poet)
6
1
Birthdate: 0640 AD
Birthplace: Al-Hirah, Iraq
Died: 0710 AD
12
Abu-l-'Atahiya
(Poet)
8
2
Birthdate: 0748 AD
Birthplace: Ayn al-Tamr, Iraq
Died: 0828 AD
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Dima Khatib
(One of the Most Influential and Famous Arabs on Social Media)
7
1
Birthdate: July 14, 1971
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Damascus, Syria
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Ibn Duraid
(Poet)
6
1
Birthdate: 0837 AD
Birthplace: Basra, Iraq
Died: August 3, 0933
15
Ahmet Haşim
(Poet)
5
1
Birthdate: 1884 AD
Birthplace: Baghdad, Iraq
Died: June 4, 1933
16
Abu Ubaidah
(Scholar)
1
0
Birthdate: 0728 AD
Birthplace: Basrah, Iraq
Died: 0825 AD
17
Torkom Manoogian
(Patriarch)
4
1
Birthdate: February 16, 1919
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Baqubah, Iraq
Died: October 12, 2012
18
Ibn al-A'rabi
(Philologist, Genealogist and Oral Traditionist of Arabic Tribal Poetry)
2
0
Birthdate: 0760 AD
Birthplace: Kufa al-Kūfah, Iraq
Died: 0846 AD
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Buland Ḥaydarī
(Poet)
1
0
Birthdate: September 26, 1926
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Iraq
Died: 1996 AD
