Anwar Shaul

Anwar Shā’ūl (Hebrew: אנואר שאול‎, Arabic: أنور شاؤول‎, 1904–1984) was an Iraqi Jewish journalist, publisher, author, translator, and poet.

Anwar Shā’ūl
Native name	أنور شاؤول
Born	1904 Hillah, Iraq
Died	December 14, 1984
Language	Hebrew, Arabic
Nationality	Iraq

Shaul was born in Hillah in 1904 to a second generation Austrian-Iraqi mother and a Mizrahi father.[1][2] He originally trained as a lawyer at the Baghdad Law College, graduating in 1931.[3][4] Shaul served as editor of the Arabic-language Iraqi Zionist journal, al-Miṣbāḥ (Hebrew: אל-מצבאח‎, Arabic: المصباح‎), from 1924 to 1925.[5] In his contributions to the publication, Shaul wrote under the pseudonym Ibn al-Samaw'al (an allusion to the poet, Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya).[6]

From 1929 to 1938, Shaul founded and worked as editor of Al Hassid (Arabic: الحاصد‎, lit. 'The Reaper'), a weekly literary magazine. The publication featured significant political commentary including criticism of European fascism and advocacy for full Iraqi independence from Britain.[7][8][9] Under his leadership, Al Hassid, became the foremost Baghdadi weekly.[10]

In addition to his publication of periodicals, Shaul published a number of longer works including memoirs, translations of western literature into Arabic, and anthologies of short stories and poems.[11]

In 1971, Shaul, who had initially been resistant to leave Iraq, immigrated to Israel. Shaul lived in Israel until his December 1984 death.[12]