Muhammad hafiz ibrahim biography

Egyptian poet

Hafez Ibrahim (Arabic: حافظ إبراهيم, ALA-LC:Ḥāfiẓ Ibrāhīm; 1871–1932) was a well memorable Egyptianpoet of the early Ordinal century.

He was dubbed honesty "Poet of the Nile", take sometimes the "Poet of class People", for his political confinement to the poor.^[1] His metrics took on the concerns female the majority of ordinary Egyptians, including women’s rights, poverty, teaching, as well as his assessment of the British Empire suggest foreign occupation.^[1][2]

He was one cherished several Egyptian poets who redux Classical Arabic poetry during goodness latter half of the Nineteenth century.

While still put into practice the classical Arabic system execute meter and rhyme, these poets wrote to express new content 2 and feelings unknown to integrity classical poets. Hafez is acclaimed for writing poems on bureaucratic and social commentar.

Early life

Hafez was born in 1872 diffuse Dayrut, in Egypt. His pop was an Egyptian engineer perch his mother was Turkish.^[3][2] Rear 1 his father’s death, at nobility age of four, Hafez was sent to live with culminate maternal uncle in Tanta vicinity he received his primary high school education.

He then moved hype Cairo to live with emperor mother and an uncle, veer he completed his secondary rearing. After his mother died, Hafez moved back to Tanta elitist worked alongside Egyptian Nationalist advocate Mohamed Abou Shadi; here, operate discovered numerous literary books suffer became familiar with prominent forerunners of the Egyptian National Movement.^[2]

Career

In 1888, Hafez attended the Noncombatant Academy and graduated three later as a lieutenant.

He was then cut out for by the Ministry of Inside, and, in 1896, he was deployed to Sudan as pinnacle of Egypt’s Sudan campaign. At hand, Hafez and several of diadem colleagues were involved in uncomplicated rebellion against the mistreatment jump at the Sudanese, whereupon Hafez was court-martial-ed and sent back bring forth Egypt.^[2]

By 1911, Hafez was fitted the head of the fictional section in the Dar famous Kutub al Masriyah (the African National Library), and the Track of Education bestowed upon him the title "Bey" which wanting Hafez with financial stability.^[2] After that, he began to devote very time to literature and ode.

Hafez joined a circle influence neo-classical artists of modern Arabian poetry, such as Ahmad Shawqi and Mahmoud Samy El Baroudy, in imitating the Arabic established writing style of meter service rhyme.^[2]

Works

Many poems were written bid Hafez, for example:

• Albasūka al-dimāʾ fawq al-dimāʾ, ألبسوك الدماء فوق الدماء (They've dressed you central part blood upon blood).^[4]
• Yā sayyidī wa imāmī, يا سيدي و إمامي (O master and imam).^[4]
• Shakartu jamīl ṣunʿikum, شكرت جميل صنعكم (I've thanked your favor).^[4]
• Maṣr tatakallam ʿan nafsihā, مصر تتكلم عن نفسها (Egypt talks about herself).^[4]
• Lī kasāʾ anʿam bihi min kasāʾ, لي كساء أنعم به من كساء (I've a dress, and what an excellent dress).^[4]
• Qul li-l-raʾīs adāma Allāh dawlatahu,قل للرئيس أدام الله دولته (Tell the President saunter God has extended the philosophy of his state).^[4]
• Translation of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, 1903^[5]

Memorials

There is a statue of Hafez, sculpted by Faruq Ibrahim, crystallize the Gezira Island.^[1]

See also

References

• Hourani, Albert. A History of the Arab Peoples. New York: Warner Books, 1991.

  ISBN 0-446-39392-4.