Writers and Poets
- Daisy Al-Amir, writer
- Shalash al-Iraqi, writer and blogger
- Walid al-Kubaisi, writer
- Nazik Al-Malaika, poet
- Thura Al Windawi, author
- Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, poet and philosopher
- Maria Theresa Asmar, author
- Al-Hariri of Basra, Iraqi poet, scholar of the Arabic language and high government official of the Seljuk Empire.
- Hafsa Bikri, poet
- Naeim Giladi, an Anti-Zionist, author of an autobiographical article and historical analysis titled The Jews of Iraq. The article later formed the basis for his originally self-published book Ben-Gurion's Scandals: How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jews.
- Jamal Jumá, poet and researcher
- Loolwa Khazzoom, editor and writer
- Betool Khedairi, author
- Moshe Levy, author
- Alia Mamdouh, author
- Dunya Mikhail, poet
- Abu Nuwas (750–810), born in Ahvaz, of Arab and Persian descent, one of the greatest of classical Arabic and Persian poets.
- David Rabeeya (born 1938), author and professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies.
- Mahmoud Saeed, novelist
- Rena Kirdar Sindi, author and party hostess (born in Baghdad).
- Reuven Snir, writer
- Haifa Zangana, novelist, author and artist
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