Ahmad Matloub

Ahmad Matloob (; 25 October 1936 – 21 July 2018) was an Iraqi writer and academic, he was a professor of Rhetoric and Criticism, President of the Iraqi Scientific Academy, and Minister of Culture and Guidance in the Republic of Iraq in 1967.

Early life and Education Ahmed was born on Sunday, Sha'ban 10, 1355 AH / October 25, 1936 AD, in Tikrit, Iraq. He studied elementary and middle school in Tikrit (1941-1950), then he studied high school in Karbala and completed it in Karkh, Baghdad. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Arabic from the College of Arts and Sciences in Baghdad (Department of Arabic Language) with distinction and graduated first of his class of 1956. . Then he obtained a master's degree in rhetoric and criticism with an excellent degree from Cairo University in 1961, then a doctorate in rhetoric and criticism with first honors from Cairo University in 1963. , and a member of the Jordanian Arabic Language Academy and the Jordanian Academy.

Works Has published 37 books on rhetoric, criticism, literature, dictionaries, and Arabization. Moreover, 15 verified books of heritage books on poetry and the eloquence of the Noble Qur'an. More than 60 scientific papers have been published in linguistics, criticism, language, the sciences of the Qur'an, interpretation, hadith, and the Arabization of science and scientific terminology. Such as:

Sculpture in the Arabic language: study and glossary. ''A Dictionary of Arab Criticism Terms.