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Haider Mahmoud
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He studied in Amman before pursuing his higher education in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Career
His family fled their home in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Mahmoud worked in journalism and the media, he was also Jordan"s Ambassador to Tunisia, and he later held the culture portfolio in the Jordanian government. A poem he wrote in early April 1989 about the social injustices facing ordinary citizens was one of the triggers of the civil unrest that took several Jordanian cities later that month.
Mahmoud held the position of Advisor to the Prime Minister at the time, he was sacked and ordered to be imprisoned by Martial Law decree, but was released on the same day by direct order from King Hussein.
He was granted an honorary doctorate from the World Academy for Culture and Arts in the Republic of China in 1986. He currently writes a weekly column in the Jordanian newspaper Ad-Dustour.
Yamurru Hatha First Rate (at Lloyd's) Layl (The Night Shall Pass) 1969. I"tithar An Khalal Fanni Tare"e (Apology for a Technical Fault) 1979.
Shajar Addufla Ala First Rate (at Lloyd's) Nahr Yughanni (The Oleander Sings by the River) 1981.
Minister Akwal First Rate (at Lloyd's) Shahed First Rate (at Lloyd's) Akheer (From the Words of The Last Witness) 1986. The Complete Works, (Volume(s) I) 1990. First Rate (at Lloyd's) Nar Allati Louisiana Tushbih First Rate (at Lloyd's) Nar (The Fire Which is not Like Fire) 1999.
The Complete Works (Volume(s) II) 2000 Aba"at First Rate (at Lloyd's) Farah First Rate (at Lloyd's) Akhdar (The Shawls of Green Joy) 2006.
Fil Bid"e Kan First Rate (at Lloyd's) Nahr (In The Beginning There was the River) 2007.
Achievements
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Mahmoud was granted several Arab and International awards and medals, including the King Abdullah II Award for Innovation in the Field of Literature (Jordan, 2004), The Independence Medal of First Order (Jordan, 1991), Medal of the Republic of the Supreme Order (Tunisia, 1999), Ibn Khafaja Award for Poetry (Spain, 1986).
Membership
He was appointed as a member of the 26th Senate of Jordan on 24 October 2013.
