Taqi Baharna
Taqi Baharna | |
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| Native name | تقي البحارنة |
| Born | Taqi Muhammad Baharna 1930 (age 94) Manama, Bahrain |
| Occupation | Member of the Consultative Council, diplomat, poet, non-fiction writer |
| Language | Arabic |
Taqi Muhammad Baharna (Arabic: تقي محمد البحارنة, born in 1930) is a Bahraini poet, diplomat and businessman. He was born in the capital of Manama. Educated in literature and economics, he has been Bahrain's ambassador to Egypt and headed Bahrain's mission to the Arab League. He has also published his poetry and literature in a number of Bahraini and Arab periodicals, and he has written several books.[1][2][3]
Biography
[edit]Born in 1930, Baharna was raised in Manama. He was educated at schools in Bahrain and Baghdad, then took university courses on literature, economics and Arab and Islamic affairs. He was self-employed but also became a member of the boards of a number of banks, insurance companies, chambers of commerce and other financial institutions. Appointed to several state councils, committees and official institutions, he was Bahrain's first ambassador to Egypt and headed its inaugural mission to the Arab League as a permanent delegate in 1974. He sat on the Consultative Council, Bahrain’s upper house of parliament, and chaired its foreign affairs committee from 1993 to 2002.[1]
Awards
[edit]- Order of Merit (Egypt, 1973)[4]
- National Merit Award from prime minister, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa (1992)[1]
- King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Medal (2001)
- Bahrain History and Antiquities Association Medal (2012)[4]
Books
[edit]Poetry collections:
- بنات الشعر ("Girl Poetry", 1996)
- في خاطري يبكي الحنين ("Crying Nostalgia in My Mind", 2003)
- من يضيء السراج ("Who Shines the Lamp", 2009)
- في الفجر تضيء الكلمات ("At Dawn, the Words Light Up", 2020)
Non-fiction:
- من عيون الشعر العربي ("Through the Eyes of Arabic Poetry", anthology from the pre-Islamic to the modern era)
- أوراق ملوّنة ("Coloured Paper", biography)
- نادي العروبة ("Al-Orouba SC", 1992
- مذكرات سفير البحرين والخليج العربي في عهد الاستقلال ("Memoirs of the Ambassador of Bahrain and the Arabian Gulf during the era of independence", diary from his diplomatic service days)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "اتحاد العمل البحريني - من ذكريات تقي محمد البحارنة" [Bahraini Labour Federation - From the memories of Taqi Muhammad Al-Baharna]. Arabs for Democracy (in Arabic). 2 September 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "تقي محمد البحارنة" [Taqi Muhammad Al-Baharna] (in Arabic). eKtab.
- Yacoub, Emil (2004). معجم الشعراء منذ بدء عصر النهضة [A Dictionary of Poets Since the Beginning of the Renaissance] (in Arabic). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Beirut: Dar Sader. p. 240.
- Al-Dairi, Jaafar (23 March 2019). "تقي البحارنة: التراث والوطنان الصغير والكبير مصادر ولعي بالكتابة" [Taqi Al-Baharna: Heritage and the small and great homelands are the sources of my passion for writing]. Al-Watan) (in Arabic). Bahrain. Retrieved 4 February 2021. - ^ Al Jubouri, Kamil Salman (2003). معجم الأدباء من العصر الجاهلي حتى سنة 2002 ("A Dictionary of Authors from the Pre-Islamic Era until 2002"), vol. 1 (1st ed.). Beirut: Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah. p. 497.
- ^ a b Rada, Mis (16 February 2020). "تقي البحارنة.. أول سفير لمملكة البحرين لدى مصر في ضيافة القاهرة" [Taqi Al-Baharna...the first ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to Egypt, hosted by Cairo]. Al-Balad (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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