Khazal Al Majidi

Khazal Al Majidi (Arabic: خزعل الماجدي) (born 1951 in Kirkuk, Iraq) is an Iraqi Assyriologist, academic, author and researcher who specializes in the science and history of ancient religions and civilizations.^[1] He is also a poet and playwright.^[2] Khazal Alamjidi has more than 50 works that vary between the science of religions and civilizations, poetry, and plays, most of which are written in Arabic. Much of his work has been translated into English, French, Spanish, Persian and Kurdish^[3][4][5][6]

Khazal Al Majidi
Native name	خزعل الماجدي
Born	1951 (age 72–73) Kirkuk, Iraq
Occupation	Academic, author, historian, scholar, religious researcher and poet
Language	Arabic, Dutch, English
Citizenship	Iraqi, Dutch
Education	PhD in Ancient History 1996 PhD in Philosophy of Religions 2009
Genre	mythology, ancient civilizations, ancient religion
Years active	1973-

Biography

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 for Graduate Studies in Baghdad in 1996.^[7] He also received a second doctorate in the philosophy of religions in 2009.^[8][9]

Career

Al-Majidi worked in the Department of Cinema and Theater in the Iraqi Ministry of Culture until 1998.^[10] 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.^[11][12][13]

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 (The Eternal Return: A Return to Origins and the Conflict of Myth and History) published by the Arab House of Encyclopaedias in 2011. Ancient history, ancient religions, poetry, theater, history of religions, science, and history of civilizations.^[14]

Publications

Mythology, ancient religions, and civilizations

Year	Title	Translated title	Publisher	Ref
1995	Hikāyāt Somarīya	Sumerian Tales	Ministry of Information, Baghdad
1997	Mitholojia Al-Urdun Al-Qadīm	Ancient Jordan's Mythology	Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Amman
	Adyān wa Mu'taqadāt ma Qabla Al-Tārīkh	Prehistoric Religions and Beliefs	Al-Shorouk Publication
	Judhoor Al-Diyāna Al-Mandā'īya	The Roots of the Mandaean Religion	Al-Mansour Library
1998	Al-Dīn Al-Somarī	Sumerian Religion	Al-Shorouk Publication
	Bakhoor Al-Āliha: Dirāsa fi Al-Ṭib wa Al-Siḥr wa Al-Usṭoora wa Al-Dīn	The Incense of the Gods: A Study in Medicine, Magic, Myth, and Religion	Al-Dar Al-Ahlia
	Mitoon Somar: Al-Tārīkh, Al-Mitholojia, Al-Lāhoot, Al-Ṭoqoos	Sumerian Texts: History, Mythology, Theology, Rituals
	Injeel Somar	The Gospel of Sumer	Al-Ahlia House
	Injeel Bābil	The Gospel of Babylon
1999	Al-Āliha Al-Kan'āniya	The Canaanite Gods	Azma House, Crisis House
	Al-Deen Al-Miṣry	Egyptian Religion	Al-Shorouk Publication
	Sifru Somar	The Book of Sumer	Ishtar Publication
2000	Al-Mu'taqadāt Al-Āramiya	Aramaic Beliefs	Al-Shorouk Publication
2001	Al-Mu'taqadāt Al-Kan'āniya	Canaanite Beliefs
	Mawsoo'at Al-Falak fi Al-Tārīkh Al-Qadīm	Encyclopedia of Astronomy in Ancient History	Osama Publication
	Mitholojya Al-Kholood: Dirāsa fi Asaṭeer Al-Kholood Qabil wa Ba'id Al-Mawt fi Al-Ḥaḍārāt Al-Qadīma	The Mythology of Immortality: A Study in the Myths of Immortality Before and After Death in Ancient Civilizations	Al-Madar Al-Ahlia Publication
2002	Al-Mu'taqadāt Al-Āmoorīya	Amorite Beliefs	Al-Shorouk Publication	[15]
	Adab Al-Kālā...Adab Al-Nār/ Dirāsa fi Al-Adab wa Al-Fan wa Al-Jins fi Al-'Ālam Al-Qadīm	The Literature of Kala: Literature of Fire/A Study in Literature, Art and Sex in the Ancient World	Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing	[16]
2004	Al-Mu'taqadāt Al-'Ighrīqīya	Greek Beliefs	Al-Shorouk Publication	[17]
2005	Al-Mu'taqadāt Al-Roomanīya	Roman Beliefs
	Tārīkh Al-Quds Al-Qadīm: Mundhu 'Uṣoor ma Qabla Al-Tarīkh Ḥatta Al-Eḥtilāl Al-Roomanī	The History of Ancient Jerusalem: From Prehistoric Times until the Roman Occupation	Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing	[18]
2008	Kunooz Libya Al-Qadīma	The Treasures of Ancient Libya	Zahran House
2010	Siḥr Al-Bidāyāt	The Magic of Beginnings	Al-Naya Publication
	Al-Mitholojia Al-Mandā'īya	Mandaean Mythology	Nineveh House
2011	Al-'Awd Al-Abadi: Al-'Awda Lil-Uṣool wa Ṣirā' Al-Usṭoora wa Al-Tarīkh	The Eternal Return: A Return to Origins and the Struggle of Myth and History	Arab House of Encyclopedias	[19]
2012	Al-Anbāṭ: Al-Tārīkh wa Al-Mitholojia wa Al-Funoon	The Nabataeans: History, Mythology and the Arts	Al-Naya Publication
2013	Kitāb Enki: Al-Adab fi Wādi Al-Rāfidayn	Enki's Book: Literature in Mesopotamia	Arab Cultural Center and Believers Without Borders Foundation
2014	Tārīkh Al-Khalīqa	The History of Creation	Noun House
	Ḥaḍārāt ma Qabla Al-Tārīkh	Prehistoric Civilizations
	Ālihat Al-Shām	The Gods of the Levant	Noon House
	Al-Mindālā Al-Mitholojīya	The Mythological Mandalas
	Kashf Al-Ḥalaqa Al-Mafqooda Baina Adyān Al-Ta'adud wa Al-Tawḥīd	Uncovering the Missing Link between the Religions of Polytheism and Monotheism	Believers Without Borders Foundation	[20]
	Uṣool Al-Nāṣoorāīya Al-Mandā'īya fi Erīdu wa Somar	The Origins of Mandaean Nassaurianism in Eridu and Sumer	Fadaat House
2015	Al-Ḥaḍāra Al-Somarīya	Sumerian Civilization	Noun House
	Al-Ḥaḍāra Al-Miṣrīya	Egyptian Civilization
2016	Al-Āmooriyoon Al-Sāmīyoon Al-Awā'il: Al-Tārīkh, Al-Mitholojia, Al-Ṭokoos, Al-Funoon	The Early Semitic Amorites: History, Mythology, Rituals, Arts	Pages
	'Ilm Al-Adyān: Tārīkhuhu, Mukawinātuhu, Manāhijuhu, A'alāmuhu, Hādiruhu, wa Mustaqbaluhu	The Science of Religions: Its History, Components, Methods, Features, Present, and Future	Believers Without Borders
2017	Al-Siḥr wa Al-Dīn fi 'Uṣoor ma Qabla Al-Tārīkh	Magic and Religion in Prehistoric Times	Nineveh House, Al-Rafidain Publication
	Iraq ma Qabla Al-Tārīkh	Prehistoric Iraq	Vision
2018	Anbiyā' Somarīyoon: Kaifa Taḥawala 'Asharatu Moolookin Somariyīn ela 'Asharati Anbiyā' Tawrātiyīn?	Sumerian Prophets: How Did Ten Sumerian Kings Turn into Ten Biblical Prophets?	Cultural Book Center
2019	Al-Ḥaḍārāt Al-Sāmmiya Al-Mubakkira	Early Semitic Civilizations	Takween Publications	[21]
	Al-Ḥaḍāra Al-Hindīya	Indian Civilization

Poetry

Year	Title	Translated title	Publisher	Ref
1980	Yaqaẓat Dilmun	Dilmun's Awakening	Ministry of Information	[22][23]
1984	Anāsheed Isrāphīl	The Hymns of Israfil
1989	Khazāīl
1993	'Ukkāzat Rāmbo	Rambo's Crutch	Al-Amad Publication
1997	Fīzyā' Mudhāda	Anti-Physics	Al Mansour Library
2006	Ḥayya wa Daraj	A Snake and a Ladder
2009	Film Ṭaweel Jidan	A Very Long Film	Babel Publications	[24]
2010	Aḥzān Al-Sina Al-'Irāqīya	The Sorrows of the Iraqi Year	Dar Al-Ghawon Publication
2013	Rubbamā...Man Yadri?	Perhaps...Who Knows?!	Mesopotamia
	Shoghāt			[25]
2017	Ward Li-Wajhiki kai Yabooḥ	Flowers for Your Face So That It Can Be Revealed	Fadaat Publication
	Taqaluba Al-Jamri wa Tatahayyaj	The Embers are Stirred and Irritated	Fadaat House
	Al-A'amāl Al-Shi'rīyya (6 volumes)	Poetic Works	Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing	[26]

Plays

Year	Title	Translated title	Ref
1990	'Ouzla fi Al-Kirīstāl	Isolation in the Crystal
1991	Ḥaflat Almās	Diamond Party
1992	Hāmlit bilā Hāmlit	Hamlet without Hamlet
	Qamar min Dam	Moon of Blood
	Al-Ghurāb	The Raven
1993	Masraḥīyyāt Qaṣīra Jiddan	Very Short Plays
	Tamooz fi Al-A'aālī	July in the High
1994	Qiyāmit Shahrazād	The Resurrection of Scheherazade
	Nuzool 'Ishtār ela Malja' Al-Āmirrīya	Ishtar's Descent into the Amiriyah Shelter
1995	Akīto: Al-Layāli Al-Bābilīya	Akito: Babylonian Nights
1997	Miftāḥ Baghdād	The Key of Baghdad
	Anīmā
1999	Sidrā
2008	Musīqā Ṣafrā'	Yellow Music
	Al-Tīh	The Labyrinth
2017	Al-Masraḥ Al-Maftooḥ	The Open Theater	[27][28][29]

Poetic theories

• (The Poetic Reason) Book One (The Pure Poetic Reason and the Speaking Ocean) Issued by the House of Cultural Affairs, Baghdad 2004.^[30]
• (The Poetic Reason) The second book (The Practical, Outward and Inward Poetic Reason) was published by the House of Cultural Affairs, Baghdad 2004.^[31]

See also

• Donny George Youkhanna
• Taha Baqir
• Hormuz Rassam

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