Ibrahim Nagi ( ar, إبراهیم ناجي) (1898–1953) was an

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; a poet, author, translator, and practicing medical doctor. He was among the contributors of ''

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'', newspaper of the Liberal Constitutional Party.

Early life

Nagi was also a doctor in internal medicine. Nagi's most famous poem is ''

Al-Atlal Al-Atlal (Arabic: الأطلال, "The Ruins") is a poem written by the Egyptian poet Ibrahim Nagi, which later became a famous song sung by Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum in 1966. The songs text was adapted by Umm Kulthum and its melody composed by th ...

'' or ''The Ruins'' which was eventually sung by Egyptian singer

Om Kalthoom Umm Kulthum ( ar, أم كلثوم, , also spelled ''Oum Kalthoum'' in English; born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi, ar, فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي, Fāṭima ʾIbrāhīm es-Sayyid el-Beltāǧī, link=no; 31 Dece ...

. He was a co-founder of the Cairo Society for Romantic Poetry. He married Samia Sami and had three daughters: Amira (who had a daughter,

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, and a son, Mohammed), Dawheya (who went to live in America and had a son- Ahmad, and a daughter- Shahira), and Mohassen.

Bibliography

* ''Behind the Fog'', 1934. * ''In the Temple of the Night'', 1948. * ''Cairene Nights'', 1951. * ''The Bird Wounded'', 1953.

The legacy of Ibrahim Nagi in the literary studies

The poetry of Ibrahim Nagi is an object of studies of several literary critics. Nagi's legacy was noted by Abdul Rahman Ghazi al Gosaibi,

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and Saleh Jawdat.

External links

Arabic News article on Nagi

References

Egyptian male poets 1898 births 1953 deaths 20th-century Egyptian poets Writers from Cairo 20th-century male writers Physicians from Cairo {{Egypt-poet-stub