Aging Moon – Poetry from Iraq

nasiraijaz June 13, 2024

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Moon wrinkles getting old, everyone is looking for himself

Hamed Al-Majjami, an eminent poet from Iraq, known as Poet of Love and Peace, shares his poetry

Poet Hamed Al-Majjami was born in Diyala Governorate, Baqubah District, Buhriz town, in the Tal Al-Asmar region, which contains within it the largest civilizations of the Akkadian dynasty. He loved poetry since his childhood, and his beginning was in colloquial poetry, then he moved to classical poetry, and he became known through his whispers, for which he became famous and known as… the whispers of Hamed Al-Majma’i. He received three titles, the most important of which are: Poet of Love and Peace, Iraq… Monk of Love, Lebanon… Land Love Algeria. He is the member of the Iraqi Journalists Union in Diyala and its founder in 2003; member of the Media Association, and Popular Writers Association since 1984 and held the position of Vice President there for many years. He is member of the Free Officers and Civilians Movement. He is also the Head of the radio broadcast of the Holy Quran Radio besides member of The Iraqi Artists Syndicate and the Iraqi Dramatists Union but he resigned to devote himself to writing. He published many articles and poems in Iraqi newspapers. He was published on many Arab websites, where he won third place in the Arab world in the Night of Destiny competition. He published a collection of poems ‘Your Majesty’, which is registered with the National Library in the Emirates; a collection of poems: A Cry of Love in the Soul of an Immigrant, designed by the Arab Literature Magazine in Switzerland; in print…a collection of poems by Bint Al-Sayyab, The Land of Love collection; a book that chronicles the biography of intellectuals, writers, poets, and media professionals in Diyala (An Iraqi biography and journey). It is considered a complete encyclopedia and is under completion and printing. He received many certificates of appreciation, shields from most literary institutions, a doctorate from the Institute of Scholars and Historians, and a letter of thanks from Harvard University.