Saadi Simawe, the Glossary
Sa'adi Simawe (1946 – February 19, 2017) was an Iraqi American author, teacher and translator, who has published many articles in English and Arabic, both original and in translation, and a novel (in Arabic) Al-Khuruj min al-Qumqum, London 1999.[1]
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24 relations: African-American literature, Al Diwaniyah, Al-Mustansiriya University, Anthology, Arabic, Ba'ath Party, Baghdad, Coralville, Iowa, Darwin T. Turner, Doctor of Philosophy, English language, Grinnell College, Iowa City, Iowa, Iraqi Americans, Iraqi Kurdistan, Libya, Lincoln, Nebraska, North Africa, Paris, Parkinson's disease, Travel visa, Tripoli, Libya, University of Iowa, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
- Al-Mustansiriya University alumni
- American Shia Muslims
- Grinnell College faculty
- Iraqi translators
- Neurological disease deaths in Iowa
- People from Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate
African-American literature
African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent.
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Al Diwaniyah
Al Diwaniyah (ٱلدِّيوَانِيَّة ad-Dīwānīyah), also spelt Diwaniya, is the capital city of Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.
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Al-Mustansiriya University
Al-Mustansiriyah University (الجامعة المستنصرية) is a public university located in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors.
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Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
Ba'ath Party
The Arab Socialist Baʿth Party (also anglicized as Ba'ath in loose transcription; البعث العربي الاشتراكي) was a political party founded in Syria by Mishel ʿAflaq, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Bīṭār, and associates of Zakī al-ʾArsūzī.
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Baghdad
Baghdad (or; translit) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab and in West Asia after Tehran.
Coralville, Iowa
Coralville is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.
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Darwin T. Turner
Darwin Theodore Troy Turner (May 7, 1931 – February 11, 1991) was an American literary critic, scholar, poet, and professor who wrote about African-American history.
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Doctor of Philosophy
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Grinnell College
Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, United States.
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Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City is the county seat and largest city of Johnson County, Iowa, United States.
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Iraqi Americans
Iraqi Americans (Arabic: أمريكيون عراقيون) are American citizens of Iraqi descent. Saadi Simawe and Iraqi Americans are Iraqi emigrants to the United States.
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Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan (Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq.
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Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County.
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North Africa
North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term neurodegenerative disease of mainly the central nervous system that affects both the motor and non-motor systems of the body.
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Travel visa
A visa (lat. 'something seen', pl. visas) is a conditional authorization granted by a polity to a foreigner that allows them to enter, remain within, or leave its territory.
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Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli (translation) is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.183 million people in 2023.
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University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
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University of Nebraska–Lincoln
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.
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See also
Al-Mustansiriya University alumni
- Ali Ja'far al-Allaq
- Ali al-Adeeb
- Alia Mamdouh
- Betool Khedairi
- Harith al-Obeidi
- Hassan Ibrahim Humairi
- Hero Ibrahim Ahmed
- Jamelie Hassan
- Kasim Muhammad Taqi al-Sahlani
- Nadhmi Auchi
- Najiha Al-Amiri
- Rahim AlHaj
- Saadi Simawe
- Tariq al-Hashimi
- Vian Sulaimani
American Shia Muslims
- Abdulaziz Sachedina
- Abdullah Hammoud
- Amina Inloes
- Anisa Mehdi
- Asieh Namdar
- Baba Rexheb
- Basam Ridha
- Bruce Conde
- Dawud Salahuddin
- Edoardo Agnelli
- Hajj Muhammad Legenhausen
- Hamid Algar
- Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah
- Hassan al-Qazwini
- Husham Al-Husainy
- Ibrahim al-Marashi
- Malcolm Shabazz
- Mehdi Hasan
- Mohamad Bazzi
- Mohamad Jawad Chirri
- Moustafa Al-Qazwini
- Negin Farsad
- Omid Safi
- Parisa Fakhri
- Saadi Simawe
- Sean Stone
- Serena Shim
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Shakir al Khafaji
- Shia Islam in the Americas
- Tashbih Sayyed
- The Iron Sheik
- Vali Nasr
- Wafaa Bilal
- Zahra Noorbakhsh
Grinnell College faculty
- Alissa Nutting
- Allen Johnson (historian)
- Anatoly Vishevsky
- Beronda Montgomery
- Bruce Fink
- Carolynn Reid-Wallace
- Chris Offutt
- Christopher McKee (historian)
- Curtis Harnack
- David Arseneault
- David George Campbell
- Dean Bakopoulos
- Elliot Griffis
- Frances Senska
- Frank I. Herriott
- George Barlow (American poet)
- Grant O. Gale
- Helena Percas
- Henry Nelson Wieman
- Henry Shoemaker Conard
- Holmes Beckwith
- James Hynes
- Jesse Macy
- Johanna Meehan
- John Bowle (historian)
- John C. Whittaker
- John Elof Boodin
- John Garrison (author)
- Joseph Frazier Wall
- Katya Gibel Mevorach
- Keith Fitzgerald
- Kesho Y. Scott
- Laetitia Moon Conard
- Lois Whitney
- Martha Foote Crow
- Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt
- Ralph Savarese
- Saadi Simawe
- Sarah J. Purcell
- Shonda Kuiper
- Susan J. Ferguson
- Theresa Geller
- Victor Pierpont Morris
- William A. Darity Jr.
Iraqi translators
- Abbas Khalaf
- Achmed Khammas
- Ali Bader
- Amal al-Jubouri
- Aziz Sami
- Bahira Abdulatif
- Carlos Gelbert
- Fadhil Assultani
- Ferial Ghazoul
- Ghassan Hamdan
- Hatif Janabi
- Hayat Sharara
- Hazim Kamaledin
- Hijri Dede
- Husain al-Rahhal
- Hussein Ali Mahfoudh
- Hussein Nahaba
- Ibrahim Haydari
- Ibtisam Abdallah
- May Muzaffar
- Muhsin al-Ramli
- Rashid Yassin
- Saadi Simawe
- Sadoun al-Zubaydi
- Salah Niazi
- Saleh al-Badri
- Salima Salih
- Sarah Idan
- Taha Baqir
- Taha al-Hashimi
- Usama Al Shahmani
Neurological disease deaths in Iowa
- A. Thomas Kraabel
- Doreen Wilber
- Earl Rose (coroner)
- Gary Blodgett
- James F. Wilson
- Orion Clemens
- Rob Borsellino
- Saadi Simawe
- Zona Maie Griswold
People from Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate
- Faleh Abed Hajim
- Muhsin Abu-Tabikh
- Saadi Simawe
- Shaalan Abu al-Jun