Google Egypt surprised us with a doodle with the famous verses of Shawky speaking about Egypt
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| Celebrating Shawky |
I apologize for my nasty translation in advance
My homeland is always in my mind even if I were in paradise.
You can read one of Shawky's poems translated to English here and of course loads of his Arabic poetry here
There is also a book I found at Amazon about Egyptian poets including Shawky translated in English. Of course Ahmed Shawky needs a post for him alone to speak about his poetry and his life after all he was officially the prince of poets in his time.
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There is also a book I found at Amazon about Egyptian poets including Shawky translated in English. Of course Ahmed Shawky needs a post for him alone to speak about his poetry and his life after all he was officially the prince of poets in his time.
Technorati Tags: Citizen Journalism,Egypt,Ahmed Shawki,Ahmed Shawky,Poets,Poetry,Arabic poetry,Google,Google doodles
Google Shawky remembrance wasn't as an Egyptian poet but as an Arab one in general.
ReplyDeleteThis was apparant as the doodle appeared on several other domains such as google.com.sa and google.com.lb and wasn't restricted to com.eg
EMIR AL SHOU-AARA as THE GREAT POET AHMAD SHAWQI was Titled, almost a century & half ago regarding those days/but measuring HIM with other Arab poets came to be after HIS death,in Egypt+the Orient & i do mean Arab >poets??,.for the last 7>>8 decades I personally consider HIM..not a Prince..But a>>>KING!!..In sheer modesty i assume many others agree with my verdict??..Glad that Google,now & then celebrates Such Arab Great personalities that contribute/or-(ed) to OUR RICH CULTURE in every which way..as they^v done for Late Egyptian Actor/Singer Mr.Mahmoud SHOUKOUKOU +Lebanese Legend Comedian Late Mr.Hassan AALA EDDIN aka the infamous great SHOU-SHOU?!..If the Great Poet Mr.SHAWQI was granted with that title for writing Classical Arabic poems...to be fair enough and to keep the books..right with THE Late Mr. MICHEL TOH-MEH should be given the same Value for writing lyrics/Songs..popular lines that easy to recite & sing,and words remembered & sang by ALL!!..I believe Egypt in the 1950s+60+70s and to this day swarmed ,still does, with many GIANT lyrics* poets such as Late:KAMEL EL-SHENNAWI/AHMAD SHAFIQ KAMEL/ABDELWAHAB MOHAMMAD/ABDELRAHMAN AL-ABNOUDY..and many more.. indeed MORE!!..AS Lebanon too was FULL of such GREATS too like Mr.SHAFIQ EL-MOGHRABI/MAROUN KARAM/ROMEO LAHOUD/SHAFIQ SOUK-KAR/lots others..writing mostly in Lebanese accent, & mostly for Lebanese Crooners,but Late Mr.M.Toh-meh^s words were sung by lots of local & other Arab singers,even some from the Arab-Gulf countries??..I was fortunate to have the opportunity to meet HIM in person & had chats in 1974 while,Me reporting/Photographing STUDIO EL FANN*74.,HE was charming/modest/amusing person,i could not believe i was coversing with SOMEONE who^s words i used to sing along with Greats LIKE:Mr.FARID ATTRASH/ISSAM RAJJI/SAMIR YAZBECK/WALID TAWFIK/SABAH/SAMIRA TAWFIK/SHOU-SHOU<SCENE<>BROKE this sweet-hearted/kind/sensitive..*LOVE poet*...Humiliation+Hurt+pain were unbearable for HIM to sink it in..HE left us quietly on that Tuesday November of 1976..for good,but HIS sadness was mostly generated over the country HE greatly Loved >> LEBANON that was roasting in flames...HE^S gone..TRUE! but HE left behind ,and for us words/lyrics/lines/SONGS much memorable and durable THAN any so called The Beirut Dividing Green-Line, but HIS lines of HARMONY & LOVE that recognizes no BORDERS..and need no I.D* s or personal documents to cross over/Rest in your Heavenly peace..Dear LYRICS PRINCE.. MICHEL TOH-MEH/From Is-hak BARSOUMIAN in London
ReplyDeleteIN MY MICHEL TOH-MEH Comment ,i wanted to indicate & say that..Late poet Mr. TOH-MEH finding HIS publishing office,which was on the 4th floor at AL MARKAZIYAH tower Building,which was few meters away from another immortal Poet late Mr. NIZAR N QABBANI s..,both offices were situated .. & unfortunately, on what was then called in BEIRUT from 1975-1990>>> The infamous GREEN-LINE<<< dividing the city?? All that area was destroyed including their offices and ransacked too!!Which broke Mr. MICHEL s good+Kind HEART.../slight addition ..that^s all..Thank YOU very much!!/I.Barsoumian/London...p/s. To see & HEAR most of the songs Mr.TOH-MEH wrote for great Arab crooners please TRY MICHEL TOHME Songs blog..if interested/GOD BLESS HIS SWEET MEMORY!!....By the way HE was one of the STUDIO eL FANN 12 judges that made Madam MAGDA EL ROUMI/Mr.WALID TAWFIK/ recently/Late Miss MONA MAARASHLI/..Ms.NOUHAD FATTOUH( Daughter of Unforgettable Madam SOUAD MOHAMAD/,,,Ms.RONZA/Late Mr. NAZIH EL MOGHRABY...amateurs that became superstars thanks to HIS & other FAIR JUDGES then!! Michel or Michelle <<sound the same for male & females in ARAB names??
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