16 Oct 2010
Ahmad Shawqi's Birthday
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/MU...k6RhzBiRA=s660"My homeland is always in my mind even if I were in paradise."
Ahmed Shawqi, nicknamed the Prince of Poets, was an Arabic poet laureate, an Egyptian poet and dramatist who pioneered the modern Egyptian literary movement, most notably introducing the genre of poetic epics to the Arabic literary tradition.
There are two roads named for Ahmed Shawqi in Giza: Ahmed Shawqi Street, where the Ahmed Shawki Museum is located; and Ahmed Shawqi Corridor.A number of statues have been created in the likeness of Shawki, including one on Dokki Street in Giza and another at the Villa Borghese in Rome.