Makkai Hamdani, Qasim's neighbour, as quoted by Raheem Salman and Ned Parker, IRAQ: Iraqis pay tribute to a strongman, Los Angeles Times: World, (July 14, 2009).

He was honorable, sincere, with high dignity and integrity. He was always, in his speeches, repeating that he was poor, living with the poor, living in a poor neighborhood, that he knew their sufferings.

— Makkai Hamdani

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He was honorable, sincere, with high dignity and integrity. He was always, in his speeches, repeating that he was poor, living with the poor, living in a poor neighborhood, that he knew their sufferings." in the context of "Makkai Hamdani, Qasim's neighbour, as quoted by Raheem Salman and Ned Parker, IRAQ: Iraqis pay tribute to a strongman, Los Angeles Times: World, (July 14, 2009)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Abd al-Karim Qasim

About Abd al-Karim Qasim

Abd al-Karim Qasim (21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was the Prime Minister of Iraq from 1958 to 1963.