Ali Al-Wardi
Ali Al-Wardi علي الوردي | |
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Social sciences | |
Subject | History, psychology, parapsychology |
Notable works | A Study into the Nature of Iraqi Society, Preachers of the Sultans |
Children | Hassan, Jaafar, Faisal, Sina'a |
Ali Al-Wardi (
Early life and education
Born in Kadhimiya, Baghdad in 1913, to a religious and very traditional family. He grew up defying his family's strict non-modern-educational policy, where his father wanted him to learn a craft instead of reading books. Nevertheless, Al-Wardi grew up with a disliking for work and crafts and a strong liking for books.
He managed to finish his elementary and high school and was awarded the number one student in the Kingdom of Iraq. He later was appointed as a teacher in different elementary and high schools across Iraq, before winning a scholarship to the American University of Beirut, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1943. He was back in Iraq and was forced into marriage per his father's orders.
A few years later, he traveled to the United States to attain his master's and PhD degrees. He earned his master's degree in 1948 from
Career
He came back to Iraq to start his career in writing many of his books based on the
Works
The most important works of Ali Al-Wardi are:[2]
- Psychological Insights from Modern Iraqi History
- A Study into the Nature of Iraqi Society
- The Personality of the Iraqi Individual: A Study of Iraqi Personality in Light of New Psychological Science
- The Sultans' Preachers (Arabic: وعَّاظ السلاطين)
- The Mockery of the Human Mind (Arabic: مهزلة العقل البشري)
- Ibn Khaldoon's Teachings based on his Character, Civilization and Personality
- The Sage of the Fine Arts
- Dreams Between Science and Belief
- The Secrets of a Successful Personality
- That is How they Killed the Princess (water-cress)
Legacy
In 2014, the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, through its publishing house, Dar al-Mamoon, commissioned a team of the best Iraqi translators to translate al-Wardi's major work لمحات اجتماعية من تاريخ العراق الحديث (Social Glimpses of Iraq's Modern History), and Yasin T. al-Jibouri, is one of them. Al-Jibouri's contribution is the translation of Volume Six and its supplement which is renamed Volume Seven.
On 31 January, 2024, the Iraqi government with Egypt's Ora Developers announced the signing of a contract to construct a new residential city southeast of Baghdad named "Ali Al-Wardi City". At the time, it was announced as the largest project of its kind to be implemented in Iraq.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "aljadidah.com". Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ "In Memory of the Iraqi Intellectual and Psychologist Dr. Ali Al-Wardi". Al-Shorfa. 2007. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
- ^ "Egypt's ORA Developers awarded mega residential project in Iraq". Zawya.