Background
He grew up defying his family's strict no-modern-education policy, where his father wanted him to learn a craft instead of reading books.
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He grew up defying his family's strict no-modern-education policy, where his father wanted him to learn a craft instead of reading books.
Born in Kadhimiya, Baghdad in 1913, to a religious and a very traditional family. Nevertheless, Al-Wardi grow up with a disliking for work and a strong liking for books. He managed to finish his elementary and high school and awarded the number one student on the Kingdom of Iraq.
He later was appointed as a teacher in many elementary and high schools across Iraq, before winning a scholarship to the American University of Beirut where he received his Bachelor's degree in 1943. He was back to Iraq and was forced to be married by his father's orders. During that time he used to spend his summers in the United Kingdom learning English in available institutes.
He came back to Iraq to start his career in writing many of his books based on the theory of Ibn Khaldun about Al-Badwa (Nomadic society) vs Al-Hadhara (Civil society).