Khalid al-Kishtainy ( Arabic: خالد القشطيني; 10 October 1929 – 3 June 2023) was an Iraqi writer and satirist living in London. [1]
Born in Baghdad, Kishtainy trained as a lawyer and artist, graduating in painting from Baghdad's Institute of Fine Arts in 1952 and gaining a law degree from the University of Baghdad in 1953. After the 1958 Iraq Revolution broke out he stopped teaching painting in Baghdad and moved to London to work for the BBC. From 1989 he wrote a daily satirical column in al-Sharq al-Awsat. [2]
Kishtainy died on 3 June 2023, at the age of 93. [3]
Khalid al-Kishtainy ( Arabic: خالد القشطيني; 10 October 1929 – 3 June 2023) was an Iraqi writer and satirist living in London. [1]
Born in Baghdad, Kishtainy trained as a lawyer and artist, graduating in painting from Baghdad's Institute of Fine Arts in 1952 and gaining a law degree from the University of Baghdad in 1953. After the 1958 Iraq Revolution broke out he stopped teaching painting in Baghdad and moved to London to work for the BBC. From 1989 he wrote a daily satirical column in al-Sharq al-Awsat. [2]
Kishtainy died on 3 June 2023, at the age of 93. [3]