Haider Mahmoud () is a

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and a

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ian nationalist of

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origin. He was born in

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in the British Mandate in 1942. His family fled their home in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. He studied in

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before pursuing his higher education in the United Kingdom and the United States. Mahmoud worked in journalism and the media, he was also Jordan's ambassador to

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, and he later held the culture portfolio in the Jordanian government. He was appointed as a member of the 26th

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on 24 October 2013. He was reappointed to the 27th Senate on 27 September 2016. A poem he wrote in early April 1989 about the social injustices facing ordinary citizens was one of the triggers of the civil unrest that took several Jordanian cities later that month. Mahmoud held the position of advisor to the prime minister at the time; he was sacked and ordered to be imprisoned by

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decree, but was released on the same day by direct order from

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. Mahmoud's works were published in several languages, including

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and

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, and his works are taught in the Jordanian curriculum in both the school and university levels. He was granted an

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from the World Academy for Culture and Arts in the

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in 1986. Mahmoud was granted several Arab and International awards and medals, including the

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Award for Innovation in the Field of Literature (Jordan, 2004), The Independence Medal of First Order (Jordan, 1991), Medal of the Republic of the Supreme Order (Tunisia, 1999),

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Award for Poetry (

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, 1986). He currently writes a weekly column in the Jordanian newspaper '' Ad-Dustour''.

Published anthologies

* Yamurru Hatha Al Layl (The Night Shall Pass) 1969. * I'tithar An Khalal Fanni Tare'e (Apology for a Technical Fault) 1979. * Shajar Addufla Ala Al Nahr Yughanni (The Oleander Sings by the River) 1981. * Min Akwal Al Shahed Al Akheer (From the Words of The Last Witness) 1986. * The Complete Works, (Vol I) 1990. * Al Nar Allati La Tushbih Al Nar (The Fire Which is not Like Fire) 1999. * The Complete Works (Vol II) 2000 * Aba'at Al Farah Al Akhdar (The Shawls of Green Joy) 2006. * Fil Bid'e Kan Al Nahr (In The Beginning There was the River) 2007.

Plays

* Arageel Wa Suyuf 1969. * Birjas 1977.

References

External links

* حيدر محمود
Arabian Business Magazine Power 500 list of 2010

Jordan Ministry of Culture
Link in Arabic.

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