Ali Jafar Al-Allaq

Background

Al-Allaq, Ali Jafar was born on January 7, 1945 in Wasit, Iraq. Son of Jafar Baker and Malkiyya Hashim Al-Allaq.

Education

Bachelor, Mustansiriya University, Baghdad. Doctor of Philosophy, University Exeter, England, 1984.

Career

Director theater and folk arts Foundation Cinema and Theater, Baghdad, 1976—1978. Editor in chief forign culture Ministry Culture, 1979—1980, member high committee Marbid poetic festival, 1984—1988. Editor in chief Aqlam Literary Magazine Department Cultural Affairs, 1984—1990.

Member advisory board creative club University United Arab Emirates, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates, 2001—2005, editor in chief periodical journal humanities and social science, 2003—2006. Member advisory board Creativ club, 2001—2005. Member advisory board literature Affair Mag.Union Emirate Writers, Sharja, United Arab Emirates, 2001—2004, Contemporary Literature Magazine, Cairo, 2009.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor anthrologies to poetry. Co-author: (book) Tradition and Modernity in Arabic Language and Literature, 1996, Arabic Poetry at the End of Twentieth Century, 1997, Higher Education in the Gulf Problems and Prospects, 1997.

Membership

Member judgement committee Prize for Poetic Creativity, Al-Babtin, Kuwait, 2000, Prize Creativity, Sharja, 2001—2004, Prize Arabic Poetry, Cairo, 2009. Committee member Kalima Project Translation, Abudhabi Foundation Culture and Heritage, United Arab Emirates, 2009, Translation, Muhammad Bin Rashid Foundation, Dubai, since 2009. Member of General Union Arab Writers Demascus, Syrya, Association Literature Critics Iraq, Baghdad, Iraqi Union Writers, Baghdad.

Interests

• Travel, chess, football.

Connections

Married Rasmiyya Salman Al-Rawi. Children: Wissal Ali, Khayal Ali.

Father:

Jafar Baker

Mother:

Malkiyya Hashim Al-Allaq

Spouse:

Rasmiyya Salman Al-Rawi

child:

Wissal Ali Al-Allaq

child:

Khayal Ali Al-Allaq