Anwar Shaul
אנואר שאול‎
أنور شاؤول‎
Born1904
Hillah, Ottoman Empire (now Iraq)
Died1984(1984-00-00) (aged 79–80)
Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • poet
Years active1924–1984

Anwar Shaul (Hebrew: אנואר שאול; Arabic: أنور شاؤول; 1904–1984) was an Iraqi-Israeli journalist, publisher, author, translator, and poet.

Early life and education

Shaul was born in Hillah to a family of Iraqi Jews. He was of Mizrahi descent on his father's side (Iraqi-Jewish) and of second-generation Ashkenazi descent on his mother's side (Austrian-Jewish).[1][2] He originally trained as a lawyer at the Baghdad Law College, graduating in 1931.[3][4]

Career

Shaul served as editor of the Iraqi Zionist journal Al-Miṣbāḥ (אל-מצבאח; المصباح) from 1924 to 1925.[5] In his contributions to the publication, he wrote under the pseudonym "Ibn al-Samaw'al" in an allusion to the 6th-century Arabian-Jewish poet Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya.[6]

From 1929 to 1938, Shaul founded and worked as an editor for Al-Hassid (الحاصد lit. 'The Reaper'), a weekly literary magazine. It featured significant political commentary; mixing harsh criticism of European fascism and advocacy for both Iraqi nationalism and complete political independence from the British Empire.[7][8][9] Under his editorial leadership, Al-Hassid became the foremost weekly magazine in Baghdad.[10]

In addition to his publication of periodicals, Shaul published a number of longer works, including memoirs, translations of Western literature into Arabic, as well as anthologies of short stories and Arabic poetry.[11]

Immigration to Israel

In 1971, Shaul, who had long been resistant to emigrating despite intensive state-sponsored antisemitism in Iraq, reluctantly made aliyah. He continued to live in Israel until his death in 1984.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Liberman, Serge (2011). A bibliography of Australasian Judaica 1788-2008. Hybrid Publishers. ISBN 9781921665172. OCLC 668398875.
  2. ↑ Snir, Reuven (1 October 2010). "Shā'ūl, Anwar". Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World.
  3. ↑ The Who's Who of Iraq (PDF). 1936.
  4. ↑ "أنور شاؤول". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Shaul (Shaool), Anwar | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Snir, Reuven. ""Religion is for God, the Fatherland is for Everyone": Arab-Jewish Writers in Modern Iraq and the Clash of Narratives after Their Immigration to Israel" (PDF). Haifa University.
  7. ↑ Goldstein-Sabbah, Sasha (November 2016). "Censorship and the Jews of Baghdad: Reading between the lines in the case of E. Levy". The Journal of the Middle East and Africa. 7 (3): 283–300. doi:10.1080/21520844.2016.1227927. hdl:1887/73973.
  8. ↑ Gilbert, Martin (2011). In Ishmael's house: a history of Jews in Muslim lands. Yale University Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780300177985. OCLC 805947788.
  9. ↑ Ginsberg, Morris (1959). The Jewish Journal of Sociology. Vol. 1. World Jewish Congress.
  10. ↑ "Sephardic Horizons". www.sephardichorizons.org. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  11. ↑ Basri, Meer. "Prominent Iraqi Jews of recent times". www.dangoor.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  12. ↑ Mendelson Maoz, Adia (2014). Multiculturalism in Israel: Literary Perspectives. Purdue University Press. ISBN 9781557536808.


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