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| Born | May 12, 1939 Silêmanî, Kurdistan |
| Nationality | Kurdish |
| Political party | Kurdistan Communist Party |
| Spouse | Fawzia |
| Children | Sarkawt, Jwan, Kazewa, Sirwan |
| Residence | Sweden |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Journalist, author, teacher |
Jalal Dabagh (Kurdish: Celal Dabaĝ , جهلال دهباغ) (born 1939) is a prominent Kurdish politician and writer/journalist.
Biography
Jalal Dabagh was born on May 12, 1939, in Silêmanî city in Southern-Kurdistan.
Education and Profession
He received his compulsory- and senior high school education in Silêmanî, where he also went on studying at teachers' training college.
In 1959 Dabagh started working as a teacher at a compulsory school in Silêmanî. Thereafter, in 1962, he went to Romania for three years studying social science at Bucharest Institute of Social Science.
He advanced his social science studies in Moscow (U. S. S. R.) between 1974 and 1976.
Between 1970-77 he was one of the board members of the Kurdish Writers Union, for which he was the administrative secretary 1970-74.
As one of the Kurdish representatives he attended the 5th conference of Afro-Asian Writers’ Union 4-9 September, 1973 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan (then one of the republics of USSR).[1]
Dabagh is fluent in Kurdish and Arabic, he speaks or understands conversational Swedish, English, Romanian and Persian.
In addition, Jalal Dabagh worked as a journalist for over 25 years.
Current affairs
Member of The Association for Pêşmerge Dêrînekan of Kurdistan[2], which is an association for the veteran Kurdish fighters. The purpose of the association is to preserve the rights of former fighters and also function as a forum for discussing the present and the future of Kurdistan.
He is also working on a biography about himself.
Books
Jalal Dabagh has written and translated numerous books.
- Dabagh made the first Kurdish translation of The Communist Manifesto[3][4], one of the world's most influential political manuscripts.
Published in:
- "Raparini Kurdan 1925"
- Dabagh translated Manvel Arsenovic Gasratjan's Kurdy Turcsii v novejsee vremja (Kurdish: Raparini Kurdan 1925)[5] to Kurdish. Raparini Kurdan 1925 is about the 1925 mass revolts against the Turkish occupation of Kurdistan, led by Şêx Seîdê Pîran[6].
Published in: 2006
- "Karma"
- He has also translated Diagnostics of Karma to Kurdish. [7] written by Sergey N. Lazarev . Which educates about alternative therapies with karma in focus.
Published in: 2006
Other mentionable translations are Freedom Road, about the lives of former slaves during Reconstruction, and Marxism Philosophy.
See also
References
- ^ http://gamwriters.com/africa/gambia/post/2008/9/9/5th-conference-of-afro-asian-writers-4-9-september-1973-alma-ata-kazakhstan-u-s-s-r
- ^ http://p-deren.org/index.php?id=55
- ^ http://www.marxists.org/kurdi/index.htm
- ^ http://www.marxists.org/kurdi/marx/babetekan/marx_1848_manifesti_komonist.pdf
- ^ http://www.kb.se/dokument/Soka/manadsforteckningar/NB200801.pdf
- ^ A Short History of the Kurds and Kurdistan, in two volumes, Dar al-Islami Publishers, Baghdad, 1931.(in Kurdish)
- ^ http://www.kb.se/dokument/Soka/manadsforteckningar/NB200801.pdf
External links
- "Regay Kurdistan (webzine)" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-22.
- "Pêşmerge Dêrîn (webzine)". Retrieved 2008-10-22.