Khazal al-Majidi
Khazal al-Majidi is an Iraqi author who has written on the history of religions and civilizations. He is also a poet and playwright.
He is the author of more than 50 works in Arabic, whose themes vary between religious studies and civilizations, poetry, and plays. Much of his work has been translated into English, French, Spanish, Persian and Kurdish
Early life and education
Al-Majidi was born in Kirkuk, Iraq, in 1951. He completed his studies in Baghdad and obtained a doctorate in ancient history from the Institute of Arab History and Scientific Heritage for Graduate Studies in 1996.Career
Al-Majidi worked in the Department of Cinema and Theater in the Iraqi Ministry of Culture until 1998. He worked between 1973-and 1996 in radio, television, magazines, Iraqi newspapers, the Union of Writers and Writers, and the Department of Cinema and Theater. Then, Khazal worked as a professor at the University of Derna in Libya from 1998 to 2003, teaching ancient and art history. Moreover, he worked in Jordan and published his first intellectual books between 1996 and 1998.In August 2003, Khazal returned to Iraq and served as Director of the Iraqi Center for Dialogue of Civilizations and Religions. Furthermore, between 2007 and 2014, he lectured at Leiden University and worked in several open universities in the Netherlands and Europe, and he taught the history of ancient civilizations and religions. He is also a member of the Union of Iraqi Writers, the Arab Writers Union the Union of Iraqi Playwrights, the Federation of Journalists of Iraq, the Union of Arab Historians, and a member of the International Academy of East-West in Romania. He is a theatrical author and the author of more than fifty books on mythology published by the Arab House of Encyclopaedias in 2011. Ancient history, ancient religions, poetry, theater, history of religions, science, and history of civilizations.