Al-Jawâhîrî: between patronage and revolution

The life span of the poet Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawâhirî coincided with the twentieth century, and mirrored the formative events of modern Iraqi state and society, especially in the first half of the century. He was part of the incipient state-class and the public sphere it dominated. He was a prominent...

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Main Author: Sami Zubaida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2007-07-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/3301
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