1958 revolution in Iraq
Iraqi leftist poet Muthaffar al-Nawab dies aged 88
A member of the Iraqi communist party, al-Nawab wrote poetry against capitalism and imperialism. He had lived widely across the Arab world after leaving Iraq in the 1960s due to persistent political persecution against communists
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