About Najmadeen Mala
Lived 1898 – 1962 (aged 63–64). Najmadeen Mala was a Kurdish writer and teacher.
Najmadin Mala (1898 in Sulaymaniyah – 23 April 1962 in Sulaymaniyah) was a Kurdish writer, journalist and teacher. Najmadin was the son of Mullah Ghafur Mullah Ali. He worked in Ranya but moved to Halab in Syria.
Later, he returned to Sulaimani and founded a school, which he ran for 40 years. He also owned a book store.
Literary career He had a weekly column called "Child Story" in the newspaper Zheen. He wrote biographies on notable figures and poets. He published more than 90 stories, most of them folkloric.
He wrote several valuable works on Kurdish history and also Kurdish language literature in Sorani dialect. Najmadin Mala died on 23 April 1962, and was buried on Azmar Mountain in Sulaimani.
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Who was Najmadeen Mala?
Kurdish (Iraqi) Teacher and Journalist
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Najmadeen Mala was born in 1898 in Sulaymaniyah.
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Najmadeen Mala died on 23 April 1962 in Sulaymaniyah.
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Najmadeen Mala was a writer and teacher.
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Najmadeen Mala was Kurdish.
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