Lamia Abbas Amara (Arabic: لميعة عباس عمارة, also sometimes spelled Lamea Abbas Amara; 1929 – 18 June 2021) was an Iraqi poet. She was a pioneer of modern Arabic poetry and an important figure in contemporary poetry in Iraq.
Lamia Abbas Amara
A 1949 portrait of Lamia Abbas Amara by Jawad Saleem
Lamia is her given name, while Abbas is her father's name, and Amara is her paternal grandfather's name.[1]
Early life and education
She was born to a Mandaean family in Baghdad in 1929, and later grew up in Amarah.[2] Her father was Bayan bar Manu.[3] Her uncle Zahroun Amara (died 1929) was a famous silversmith,[4] while her cousin Abdul Razzak Abdul Wahid (1930–2015) was also a poet.[3]
Her mother, the sister of Sheikh Dakhil Aidan, belonged to the Manduia priestly lineage.[1]
She studied at the Teachers' Training College, which later became part of the Baghdad University, and graduated in 1950.
Career
She was a member of the administrative board of the Iraqi Writers Union in Baghdad between 1963 and 1975, a member of the administrative board of the Syriac Synod in Baghdad, and deputy permanent representative of Iraq to UNESCO in Paris between 1973 and 1975, and director of culture and arts at the University of Technology in Baghdad.[3]
She left Iraq in 1978 and lived most of her exile in San Diego, United States after emigrating during the time of Saddam Hussein. Her sister, Shafia Abbas Amara, also emigrated to San Diego.[1]
Lamia Abbas specialized in Arabic eloquent and popular Iraqi poetry. She was awarded the National Order of the Cedar by the Lebanese state for her work.[5][a]
Together with her sister Shafia Abbas Amara, she published a magazine called Mandaee in the United States, which was mostly in Arabic but also partially in English.[6]
^ abcdBuckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN978-1-59333-621-9.
^"كتبت عن مشاعر المرأة بجرأة.. الموت يغيب أيقونة الشعر العراقي لميعة عباس عمارة". aljazeera.net (in Arabic). 18 June 2021.
^ abc"مقابلة مع الشاعرة العراقية لميعة عباس عمارة". jadaliyya.com (in Arabic). 17 October 2015.
^"وفاة الشاعرة العراقية لميعة عباس عمارة عن عمر ناهز 92 عاماً". alwatannews.net (in Arabic). 18 June 2021.
^ abالموت يُغيّب الشاعرة العراقية لميعة عباس عمارة
^ abBuckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
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