Hisham samawi biography for kids

Quick facts for kids Kazim al-Samawi
Al-Samawi, 1970s
Native name	كاظم السماوي
Born	Kazim Jasir Faraj 1925 (1925) Samawah, Mandatory Iraq
Died	(aged 85) Stockholm, Sweden
Resting place	Saiwan Cemetery, Sulaymaniyah
Occupation
Language	Arabic
Citizenship	Kingdom of Iraq (1925–1954) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)

Kazim Jasir Faraj (Arabic: كاظم السماوي, romanized: Kāẓim al-Samāwī; 1925 – 15 March 2010), better known as Kazim al-Samawi, was an Iraqi poet and journalist known for his humanist worldview.

From the 1950s, he spent more than half of his life in exile as a political refuge and was known by title "The Elder of the Iraqi exiles" or "The Shaykh of Exiles". He moved between many countries, such as Lebanon, Hungary, Germany, China, Syria and Cyprus until he finally settled in Sweden.

Al-Samawi published his first poetry collection in 1950 and was as a result was persecuted by the Nuri al-Said