Lamia Abbas Amara

Lamia Abbas Amara (Arabic: لميعة عباس عمارة; Classical Mandaic: ࡋࡀࡌࡉࡀ ࡀࡁࡀࡎ ࡀࡌࡀࡓࡀ), also sometimes spelled Lamea Abbas Amara; 1929 – 18 June 2021) was an Iraqi poet. She was a pioneer of modern Arabic poetry and an important figure in contemporary poetry in Iraq. Name Lamia is her given name, while Abbas is her father's name, and Amara is her paternal grandfather's name. Early life and education She was born to a Mandaean family in Baghdad in 1929, and later grew up in Amarah. Her father wa...