Facts: - death place: damascus , syria - death date: 27 july 1997 -lrb- aged 98 -rrb- - spouse: amna al-jawahiri - birth date: 26 july 1899 - main interests: arabic poetry - name: muhammad al-jawahiri - nationality: iraqi - image: mhanmad-jawahiri . jpg - birth place: najaf , ottoman empire -lrb- present day iraq -rrb- - occupation: poet Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of muhammad mahdi al-jawahiri .
The answer to this question is:
muhammad mahdi al-jawahiri -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 26 july 1899 - 1 january 1997 -rrb- was an iraqi poet .