Background
Yaqoub was born in Al Karak in Jordan in 1909, and his father Hanna was the first mayor of Karak during the Turkish rule, his mother is Hadba Jaber Al Odat.
Yaqoub was born in Al Karak in Jordan in 1909, and his father Hanna was the first mayor of Karak during the Turkish rule, his mother is Hadba Jaber Al Odat.
Al Oudat received his primary education at the School of Roman Orthodo' and Al Maaref school and then dropped out of school because of the death of his father, he later continued and moved to the Secondary School of Irbid. He finished his secondary education in 1931. Al Oudat wished to pursue his graduate studies in Law at the Damascus University but his limited financial resources prevented him to continue his education.
Famous for writing a biography of Mustafa Wahbi et-Tull, a Jordanian poet known by his pseudonym Arar. He began writing and publishing his articles in 1926 in newspapers and magazines in Jordan, Syria and Egypt, with the signatures of aliases like (Abu Baroud), (Hammad Al Badawi), (Abu Natharat), (Nawaf), (Fata Muab), (Fata Al Badeya) and finally Al Badawi Al Mulatham (Literally in Arabic The Veiled Bedouin after a bedouin camel rider he glanced in Amman. Al Oudat died by heart attack on 23 September 1971.