Prose [ ] He also wrote chapters of prose, collected under the title The Markets of Gold | An Egyptian postage stamp was issued in honour of Shawqi on 14 October 1957 to commemorate 25 years since his death |
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305, , Shawqi was born in Cairo in 1868 to a good middle class family in whose veins ran Turkish, Kurdish, Circassian, Greek, and Arab blood | The first coincides with the period during which he occupied a position at the court of the Khedive, consisting of eulogies to the Khedive: praising him or supporting his policy |
After returning to Egypt he built a new house at which he named the new Karmet Ibn Hani.
Life [ ] Raised in a wealthy family of mixed , , , , and roots, his family was prominent and well-connected with the court of the of | Shawqi remained there until 1920, when he returned to Egypt |
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Poetic Stories for Children, inspired by the famous French fabulist Jean de La Fontaine | Shawqi's granddaughter was a central figure in Egypt's surrealist poetry movement |
Upon graduating from high school, he attended law school, obtaining a degree in | |
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He came from wealthy family of mixed Turkish, Arab, Kurdish, and Greek origin that was closely connected to the khedivial family | The art featured a quote from Shawki's poetry in place of the "oo" in the Google logo, which in English translates to: My homeland is always in my mind even if I were in paradise |
The States of Arabs and the Great Men of Islam, A long poem about the History of Islam.