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Rawhiya Al-Qallini
Rawhiya al-Qallini (1915–1980) was an Egyptian poet and cultural center director. Life Born in Desouk, al-Qallini was the daughter of a sheikh who sent her to Tanta, Egypt for primary school; for her secondary education she went to Alexandria. She received her bachelor's degree in Arabic from Cairo University in 1942, whereupon she traveled to Iraq to direct a girls' school in Mosul. Two years later she returned to Cairo, where she worked first in a primary and later in a secondary school. She was the founder of the Union of Women University Students in Egypt, and later directed the General Department of Sabbaticals and Cultural Centers. She published eight volumes of poetry during her career, beginning with ''A Heart's Supplications'' in 1959 and finishing with ''The Nectar of Memories'' in the year of her death. She was a contemporary of several other female poets of that time: Jamila al-'Alayili Gamila El Alaily or Jamila El Alaily or Jamila al-‘Alayili (in Arabic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desouk
Desouk ( ar, دسوق, ) is a city in northern Egypt. Located 80 km east of Alexandria, in the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate and had a population of 137,660 inhabitants as of 2011. It is bordered to the west by the Beheira Governorate. Desouk dates back to at least c. 3200 BC and was part of the ancient city of Buto before the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. From 1250 to 1517, the city of Desouk was part of the Gharbia province. From 1798 to 1801, it was part of the now-defunct Rosetta province. Etymology The city's name could be derived from , attested on a statuette from Sais dating to the Third Intermediate Period, through . The cult of Sobek had presence to the west of Disuq, on the other side of the Nile. Other proposal derives it from the rare Arabic verb ''dasaqa'' "to overflow (about a basin)" and its nominal form ''daysaq'' "bassin full of water" which in turn has its origin in , but it is considered unplausible. Another improbable etymology is a Copto-Arabic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
