1855-1900
He was one of the pioneers of the Iraqi theater, the first dramatist whose drama script was published in 1893. He was born in Mosul, and studied at the School of the Domood Fathers.He learned Arabic at the hands of Bishop AQleemus Yousif Dawood. After graduating, he was appointed a teacher in the same school.He was fluent in Arabic, Turkish and French He was in charge the school press, and then the artistic activities He translated and adapted from French the first Iraqi play umder the title Latif and Khoshaba using Syrias Iragi setting and charactead instead of the original French setting and characters . The language of the play was an attempt to combine simplified classical Arbic and the slang innovated in Mosul area He had also translated the Fransh drama The Captive prince, was played on the stage of the Dominican Fathers in Mosul in 1895.
