Hafez Ibrahim

Hafez Ibrahim

Hafez Ibrahim (1872 - 1932) was an Egyptian poet, called "the Poet of the Nile". He was one of several poets that revived Arabic poetry during the latter half of the 19th Century. While still using the classical Arabic system of meter and rhyme, these poets wrote to express new ideas and feelings unknown to the classical poets. Hafez is noted for writing poems on political and social commentary.

He was born on a ship floating in the Nile near Dairout, which is a city in Asyut District. His father was Egyptian, and his mother Turkish. Both died when he was young. Before his mother died, she brought him to Cairo. There, he lived with his poor uncle, a government engineer. His Uncle later moved to Tanta, where Hafez went to school.Hafez was touched by his uncle's poverty; after a time, he left his uncle. ِAfter this, Hafez spent some time living on the Tanta streets. He eventually ended up in the office of Mouhamed Abou Shadi, who was one of the 1919 revolution leaders.

One of his famous poems is "Egypt talks about herself".

References

* Hourani, Albert. "A History of the Arab Peoples". New York: Warner Books, 1991. ISBN 0-446-39392-4.


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