Abd al-wahhab al-bayati biography books

Iraqi poet (–)

Abdul-Wahab Al-Bayati عبد الوهاب البياتي
Al-Bayati,
Born	December 19, Baghdad, Iraq
Died	August 3, () (aged&#;72) Damascus, Syria
Occupation	Poet

Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati (December 19, – August 3, ) was an Iraqi Arab poet.

Biography

al-Bayati was born in Baghdad. One of his friends, Ahmed Abdel-Moeti Hegazi, said urban centers of "hotels and institutions, cafés and airports" were actually his temporary residences.^[1] He attended Baghdad University, and became a teacher after graduating from Dar Al-Mu'allimin (the Teacher's College) in , the same year that he released his first collection of poems, Mala'ika wa Shayatin (Angels and Devils).

Sufis

Al-Bayati was influenced by the Middle Eastern Sufi figures. One example is a poem by Al-Bayati entitled "A’isha's Mad Lover" in his book, Love Poems on the Seven Gates of the World (): "In this context Al-Bayati’s poetry becomes Sufi in defa