Birth of Abbas Al-Aqqad
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Written by Islamstory
29th of Shawwal 1306 AH/ June 28th 1889 AD: Birth of Abbas Mahmud Al-Aqqad, a great modern Egyptian writer. Al-Aqqad was born in Aswan, a city in Lower Egypt, in 1889. He graduated only out of elementary school; he did not finish school until the end. He wrote more than 100 books about philosophy, religion, and poetry. He founded a poetry school with Ibrahim Al-Mazny and Abdel Rahman Shokry called Al-Diwan. His most famous works were al-'Abqariyyat, Allah, and Sarah. Some of his books were translated into English.
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