death_place death_date birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
london , england 8 september 1995 baghdad , iraq 17 august 1917 sabiha al-dabbagh safa khulusi
 safa khulusi linguist , lexicographer , historian , writer , poet , journalist , translator
safa khulusi

safa abdul-aziz khulusi -lrb- ; 1917 -- 1995 -rrb- was an iraqi historian , novelist , poet , journalist and broadcaster .
he is known for mediating between arabic - and english-language cultures , and for his scholarship of modern iraqi literature .
he is also remembered for his theories on arabic grammar , on shakespeare , as well as his role in islamic education and his work on the poetry of al-mutanabbi .
