Bashar Abdulah

Bashar Abdulah
Born	Bashar Abdulah 17 September 1961 (1961-09-17) Mosul, Republic of Iraq
Occupation	Poet, Novelist, Pressman, Translator
Nationality	Iraqi
Alma mater	Mosul University
Period	1980-
Literary movement	Post-Modernism
Notable award(s)	Najii Nauman Prize in Literature
Influences The Holy Quran, I Ching

Bashar Abdulah الشاعر بشارعبدالله (born September 17, 1961) Mosul Iraq, a Najii Nauman Prize winning Iraqi post-modernist poet, novelist and translator. His book, cowritten with critic Saad Mahmood, a two part book entitled Alqabul Jumjuma (Nick Names of the Same Skull), has influenced modern literary writing and reading techniques in Iraq.

Qusasa and Maqsusa

In Alqabul, Jumjuma Bashar Abdulah and Saad Mahmood launched Watheqatul-Qusasa, published first in Al-Hadbaa Newspaper on July 13, 1993, which they titled qusasa [scrap of paper) as a symbol of the neglected writers in Iraq. Soon thereafter, they wrote Wathequatul-Maqsusa, referring to the narrative depending on simple, compound or complex poetic elements.

Books

• A Poetic Novel, Man Yaskubil Hawaa Fi Ri'atil Qamar - ("Who Dares Pour Fresh Air in The Moon Lung")Al-Adeeb Press- Amman- Jordan- 2007.

• Alqabul- Jumjuma (Skull Nicknames), 1993-1996 respectively.

Translations

• The first Arabic translation of the Chinese most important philosophical book "Book of Changes" or ICHING, by Dar Fadaat Publishing House, Amman Jordan, 2008. ISBN 978-9957-30-043-2
• The English translation of the Iraqi writer Fatih Abdulsalam 's novel entitled When the Whales' Back Blazes, published by HatsOff Books in Tucson, USA- 2003.ISBN 9781587361555
• The English translation of the Iraqi writer Fatih Abdulsalam's collection of short stories entitled " Sheikh Newton & His Cousins" published by Namrood House in Nineveh, Iraq-1986.
• The English translation of the Iraqi writer Fatih Abdulsalam's book " Setback of the Century: 11 September Cracks on the Mirrors of Iraq War"by XLIBRIS CORP- USA-2011. ISBN 145689174X

• Witnesses of Their Own: US & Israel in the Eyes of Their Native Authors. Ninawa Publishing House- Damascus- Syria-2010. ISBN 978-9933-407-68-1
• Makanun Fil- Jaheem: Hurub Alimbratoriyah & Fadeehat Ustul Alhuriyah (A place in hell: the imperial wars, and the scandal of the flotilla of Freedom. Ninawa Publishing House- Damascus- Syria-2010. ISBN 978-9933-407-84-1

Arabic IChing Website

• In July 2009, Bashar Abdulah and his colleague, Iraqi poet Hikmet Elhadj[1] launched their Arabic blog, Mawqiul- Istikharati Al-Arabi[2], which is the first of its type in Arabic to tackle consulting the oracle according to the IChing literature.

Jobs

After his release from military service in 1991, he worked as a translator of English literature, and as a private teacher until 2003 April, when the U.S. forcibly occupied Iraq.

During 2003-2006, he worked as Director of Azzaman International Newspaper, and Alsharqiya Satellite TV in Nineveh- Iraq