Ikhlas Fakhri Imarah (born 1940) is an Egyptian poet and university teacher. She was born in the town of Al Qalaj in
Qalyubia Governorate
Qalyubia ( ' ) is one of the governorates of Egypt, located in Lower Egypt. It is situated north of Cairo in the Nile Delta region. Its capital is Benha, Banha.
Name
''Qalyubia'' is derived from the city of Qalyub, whose name is an arabization ...
, and self-educated, then attended the
Dar al-Ulum
Dar al-Uloom () is an educational institution designed to produce students with both an Islamic and modern secondary education. It was founded in 1871 and since 1946 it has been incorporated as a faculty of Cairo University, being now commonly ca ...
,
Cairo University
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. She then worked as a professor at
Faiyum
Faiyum ( ; , ) is a city in Middle Egypt. Located southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due to its strategic location.
Name and etymology
Originally f ...
Branch of Cairo University. Published some poetic collections and historical and critical literary studies.
Works
* ''As well as men'', poetry collection, 1990.
* ''The Migratory Bird'', poetry collection, 1991.
* ''Pre-Islamic poetry between tribal and subjective study''.
* ''A Critical Reading in Contemporary Arabic Poetry''.
* ''Islam and Poetry'' 1992
* ''Nostalgia and alienation in the Mahjar poets''
* ''Shafiq Maalouf's Poetry'', PhD Thesis.
* ''On the art of storytelling''
* ''Crying for the homeland and Arabism''
References
1940 births
Living people
Cairo University alumni
Egyptian women poets
20th-century Egyptian poets
21st-century Egyptian poets
Academic staff of King Abdulaziz University
Academic staff of Umm al-Qura University
Egyptian emigrants to Saudi Arabia
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