Aziz Abaza
Aziz Abaza | |
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Born | Minya El Qamh, Sharqiya Governorate, Egypt | 13 August 1898
Died | 11 July 1973 | (aged 74)
Nationality | Egyptian |
Occupation(s) | Poet, Politician |
Aziz Pasha Abaza (Arabic: عزيز أباظة, born 13 August 1898 – 11 July 1973[1]) was an Egyptian poet, known in the fields of modern Egyptian literature and Arab literature.
Abaza's poems are preoccupied with Arab unity and Pan-Arabism. His poetry was an inspiration for Arabism advocates. He was a prominent member of the Abaza Family, an Egyptian aristocratic clan of Abazin, Circassian origin.
Early life
[edit]Abaza was born in Minya El Qamh, Al Sharqiya governorate in Egypt. He joined the School of Law from where he graduated in 1923.
He worked as a member of Parliament, director of the Identification Department, Egyptian Ministry of Interior in 1923, and Deputy-Governor of Beheira Governorate in 1935.
Moreover, he worked as governor of Al Qalyoubiya and Faiyum and Suez Canal Zone.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ المنعم, خفاجي، محمد عبد; Khafājī, Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Munʻim (1991). مدارس الشعر الحديث (in Arabic). مكتبة الأنجلو المصرية،.
External links
[edit]- 1898 births
- 1973 deaths
- 20th-century Egyptian poets
- Egyptian Arab nationalists
- Egyptian civil servants
- Egyptian male poets
- Members of the House of Representatives (Egypt)
- People from Sharqia Governorate
- 20th-century Egyptian male writers
- Governors of Minya
- Governors of Asyut
- Egyptian people of Abkhazian descent
- Egyptian people of Circassian descent