Abbas al-Aqqad

Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad was born in Aswan on 28 June 1889. He barely went beyond elementary school and educated himself, through reading. A journalist, he became one of the innovators of Arabic poetry and criticism and founded the Diwan school with Ibrahim al-Mazini and Abd al-Rahman Shukri. His attacks on the government led him to prison in 1930-1931. In 1942, as German troops approached, he made his way to Sudan, fearing reprisals for his writings against Hitler. He died in Cairo in March 1964.

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• NovelSaraسارةAbbas al-Aqqad · 1938Literature