The Role of Southern Kurdistan Poets in the July 14th 1958 Revolution

Abstract

The role of Southern Kurdistan poets in the July 14th 1958 revolution is an attempt to discuss the impact of the revolution on the people of Iraqi Kurdistan and the role of the poets who participated in it, whether as revolutionaries or as writers.

The aim is to familiarize the Kurdish reader with how the revolution emerged and the stage and method they went through in how to carry it out, and determine the role of the people of South Kurdistan the poets who participated in it, because they left a great impact on the lives of the Kurdish people in general and its political aspect;

The first part consists of two topics: first, it deals with the history of the revolution, taking into account the political situation before the revolution and how to end the monarchy, and identifying the internal and external factors that led to the revolution; In the second topic, they discuss the role of the Kurdish nation in its participation, such as the participation of political parties and all different classes of Kurdistan, then the achievements achieved; The second part is divided into two parts. The first part deals with poetry and its place in political movements, such as the concept and definition of poetry and its position in the political and social fields. The essence of the discussion is the names of the poets who each participated in several poems, then we have selected several poets and given examples of poetry; Finally, the results and sources used are mentioned in several points.