Rafiq Sabir

This article is about the Kurdish poet. For the doctor convicted of supporting terrorism, see Rafiq Abdus Sabir.

Rafiq Sabir (Kurdish: Refîq Sabîr) is a contemporary Kurdish poet.

He was born in Qaladiza in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1950. In 1974, he received Bachelor of Arts degree from Baghdad University.^[1] He moved to Sweden in 1989. He writes in the Sorani dialect. He belongs to the post-Abdulla Goran generation of modernists in Kurdish poetry.

Works

1. Karwansara, 146 pp., Uppsala, 1990.
2. Towards history : a short ideological historical study, 129 pp., Uppsala, 1991.
3. Werze berdine, 39 pp., Uppsala 1992.
4. Awêne û sêber : Komele honrawe, 88 pp., Arzan Publishers, Jönköping, 1996. ISBN 91-972767-1-5.
5. Impiratoryayî lam : derbarey îslam, xêl û nasyonalîzm, 230 pp., Rabûn Publishers, Uppsala, 1998. ISBN 91-972767-8-2.
6. Rûnbûnewe : honrawe, 111 pp., Rabûn Publishers, Uppsala, 2001. ISBN 91-973528-1-0.

See also

• List of Kurdish scholars