The Poet of Baghdad
- 2009
- 22m
In 1979, Nabeel Yasin fled his homeland Iraq with his wife Nada and three-year-old son because he had published poetry that did not conform to the views of Saddam Hussein and his regime, inc... Read allIn 1979, Nabeel Yasin fled his homeland Iraq with his wife Nada and three-year-old son because he had published poetry that did not conform to the views of Saddam Hussein and his regime, including the work The Poet Satirizes the King. Branded an 'enemy of the state', Yasin faced ... Read allIn 1979, Nabeel Yasin fled his homeland Iraq with his wife Nada and three-year-old son because he had published poetry that did not conform to the views of Saddam Hussein and his regime, including the work The Poet Satirizes the King. Branded an 'enemy of the state', Yasin faced imprisonment and likely death if he remained in Iraq. He continued to write and publish po... Read all