Mullah Attiya al-Jamri | |
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Mullah Attiya al-Jamri to the right | |
Born | c. 1899 |
Died | 29 August 1981 |
Nationality | Bahraini |
Occupation(s) | khatib and poet |
Known for | poems |
Mullah Attiya al-Jamri ( Arabic: الملا عطية الجمري, c.1899 – 29 August 1981) was a Bahraini khatib and poet.
Researcher Clive Holes translated two of Al-Jamri's poems into books, one of which was distributed to 11,000 teachers from different schools in the UK which meant that the short story was read by over 330,000 students. [1] Al-Jamri is well recognized in Bahrain, the Gulf and Iraq for his poems about Imam Hussain and for his unique methods of reading lamentation poems during the month of Muharram.
Mullah Attiya al-Jamri | |
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Mullah Attiya al-Jamri to the right | |
Born | c. 1899 |
Died | 29 August 1981 |
Nationality | Bahraini |
Occupation(s) | khatib and poet |
Known for | poems |
Mullah Attiya al-Jamri ( Arabic: الملا عطية الجمري, c.1899 – 29 August 1981) was a Bahraini khatib and poet.
Researcher Clive Holes translated two of Al-Jamri's poems into books, one of which was distributed to 11,000 teachers from different schools in the UK which meant that the short story was read by over 330,000 students. [1] Al-Jamri is well recognized in Bahrain, the Gulf and Iraq for his poems about Imam Hussain and for his unique methods of reading lamentation poems during the month of Muharram.