About Husain al-Rahhal
Lived 1900 – 1971. Husain al-Rahhal was a journalist.
Husain Ali Saib Salim al-Rahhal (1900/1901 – 13 April 1971) was an Iraqi translator, journalist and Communist activist, who helped found the Iraqi Communist Party.
al-Rahhal came from a family of officials and merchants. He is known as the first "marxist" student of Iraq. He travelled to Berlin in 1919 and India in 1921. He studied at the Baghdad School of Law, forming the first Marxist study circle in Iraq in 1924. The group published a newspaper, As-Sahifah, edited by Al-Rahhal.
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Who was Husain al-Rahhal?
Iraqi Communist Party founder
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Husain al-Rahhal was born in 1900.
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Husain al-Rahhal died in 1971.
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Husain al-Rahhal was a journalist.
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