Abdelghani Ibrahim (1878–1962) was an Egyptian poet. Abdelghani is one of the country's most important early-twentieth-century poets. He grew up in

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. His family's assets went to support the Baz family.

Revolutionary

He participated in the revolutionary struggle against the British colonialists. He participated with

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and

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through his work on the Major and Mokattam and Ambassador newspapers. He received a baccalaureate while participating with

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Pasha in the struggle in

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and chaired the headquarters of the

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. He participated with senior poets of the Arab world in the book ''Tears poets'' (demoa el shoaaraa) that lamented the Saad Zaghloul Pasha in 1927, including

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and

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. He was involved with the artist

Sayed Darwish Sayed Darwish (, ; 17 March 1892 – 14 September 1923) was an Egyptian singer and composer who was considered the father of Egyptian popular music and one of Egypt's greatest musicians and seen by some as its single greatest composer. Ear ...

. He wrote some of the songs that Darwish sang at the beginning of the twentieth century. He worked with

Salama Hegazi Salama Ibrahim Hegazi () (1852 – October 4, 1917) was an Egyptian singer. He was a pioneer of musical theatre in Egypt in the second half of the 19th century. He was locally known as El Sheikh Salama. In 1852 in Alexandria, he recited the Qur ...

and with artist

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. He wrote songs for singers such as

Mounira El Mahdeya Monira Elmahdiyya (born Zakiyya Hesin Mansur, ) also known by the nicknames "Soltanet Eltarab" (= Queen of Singing), was an Egyptian singer and actress. She was considered to be the leading Egyptian singer in the 1920s. Early life Mounira El ...

and Shafia Ahmed.

Legacy

Abdelghani Ibrahim had many children. His sons included Mustafa, Mohammed, Hussein, Anwar, Farouk, El sayed, Ibrahim. He died in 1962 at age 84.

External links

Biography, media writers and poets of the twentieth century and the Egyptian Ministry of Culture

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ibrahim, Abdelghani 1878 births 1962 deaths 20th-century Egyptian poets Egyptian journalists Egyptian male poets 20th-century Egyptian male writers