Jalal Dabagh
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| Personal details | |
| Born | May 12, 1939 Silêmanî, Kurdistan |
| Nationality | Kurdish |
| Spouse | Fawzia |
| Children | Sarkawt, Jwan, Kazewa, Sirwan |
| Residence | Sweden |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Journalist, author, teacher |
Jalal Dabagh (Kurdish: Celal Debax , جهلال دهباغ) (born 1939) is a prominent Kurdish politician and writer/journalist.
Life
Jalal Dabagh was born on May 12, 1939, in Silêmanî city in Southern-Kurdistan. He is one of nine children, five sons and four daughters.
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 (USSR) 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
Jalal Dabagh is a candidate for the Iraqi parliament. The parliamentary elections are to be held on 7 March 2010, where the 325 members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq are elected.
The Kurdistan region of Iraq consists of the governorates Hawlêr, Duhok and Silêmanî and will have four election lists. The name of the lists are “Hawpeymanî Kurdistanî” (no. 372), “Gorran” (no. 329), “Yakgirtuy Islamî” (no. 315) and “Komaley Islamî” (no. 352).
The list “Hawpeymanî Kurdistan” (Kurdistan Alliance Bloc) consists of several parties, such as Kurdistan Democratic Party, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and Kurdistan Toilers' Party, the latter is the party Jalal Dabagh is a candidate for. Dabagh is the number one candidate for Kurdistan Toilers' Party in As Sulaymaniyah Governorate and he is listed as number 18 in the Alliance bloc (372).
Dabagh is a 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.
Commitment
Dabagh was Deputy editor of the weekly magazine "Bîry Nwe" (New Idea), 1972-1978. "Bîry Nwe" was published in Baghdad, both in Kurdish and Arabic, a magazine dealing with culture, politics and society. It had a major role in spreading progressive literature and culture.
Between 1986 and 1991 Dabagh was Chief Editor for the Kurdish edition of Problems of Peace and Socialism. In Kurdish named "Regay Aşti û Sosyalîzm.
Moreover, he was the Editor of "Govarî Biry Nwe", a monthly magazine.
Work
Jalal Dabagh has written and translated numerous books.
Translated:
- Dabagh made the first Kurdish translation of The Communist Manifesto[3][4], one of the world's most influential political manuscripts.
- "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
- A novel written by Haci Jindey, freely translated to "Now comes the Spring" was translated to Kurdish by Dabagh.
- Pîawêkî Nabîn (A Blind Man) is a manuscript originally written by Khalil Gibran
- Tawawy Nusînakanî Fahd is the collected works of Yusuf Salman Yusuf, also known merely as Fahd. It was translated to Kurdish by Jalal Dabagh.
Published in: 2001.
Other mentionable translations are Freedom Road, about the lives of former slaves during Reconstruction, and Marxism Philosophy and the first Kurdish translation of The Internationale.
Written:
- Hacî Kaderî Koyey, freely translated in English to "Hajji Kader from Koye".
Published in: 2009.
- Freely translated to "Songs of Victory" is a collection of poems.
Published in: 1998.
- Freely translated to "28 Stars in the Sky of the Immortal.
Published in: 1985.
- Freely translated to "Diary from Road of Life".
Published in: 1978.
- Freely translated to "Life and Struggle of Dimitrov" is about the Bulgarian Communist leader Georgi Dimitrov.
Published in: 1973.
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
- "Official Facebook Page". Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- "Regay Kurdistan (webzine)" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-10-22.
- "Pêşmerge Dêrîn (webzine)". Retrieved 2008-10-22.