The Poet of Baghdad

The Poet of Baghdad: In the winter of 1979 Nabeel Yasin, Iraq’s most famous young poet, gathered together a handful of belongings and fled Iraq with his wife and son. Life in Baghdad had become intolerable. Silenced by a series of brutal beatings at the hands of the Ba’ath Party’s Secret Police and declared an “enemy of the state,” he faced certain death if he stayed. (0.8 Professional Studies-PPO CEUs)

Project Requirements: Read the book and respond to 16 short essay response questions totaling a 3,000 word minimum.