entities of Iraq. Simawe died on February 19, 2017, in Coralville, Iowa, from complications with Parkinson's disease. Notes 1946 births 2017 deaths Arabic–English translators Iraqi emigrants to the United States University of Nebraska alumni University of Iowa alumni Grinnell College faculty American Shia Muslims Iraqi Shia Muslims Iraqi translators Iraqi writers Neurological disease deaths in Iowa Deaths from Parkinson's disease Al-Mustansiriya University alumni International Writing Program alumni 20th-century translators