Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri

Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri ; was an Iraqi poet. Considered by many as one of the best and greatest Arabian poets in the 20th century, he was also nicknamed The Greatest Arabian Poet, and is considered a leading classical Iraqi poet and one of the big three neo-classical poets of Iraq alongside al-Rusafi, and al-Zahawi. Notable for his Neo-classical, traditional, and political-themed way of writing, his poems can be read in his collections such as Diwan al-Jawahiri, Return Post, and To Sleeplessness, and was honored by many governments, including Saddam Hussein's government.