Hamzah Shehatta

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Hamzah Shehatta (1908-1972), born in Mecca, And raised in Jeddah, is a Pioneer; a leading poet and thinker from Hejaz ( Western modern Saudi Arabia ). He was a leading figure during the Hejazi renaissance in the beginnings of the twentieth century. He was, with another Hejazi poet Mohammed Hassan Awwad, the first intellectuals to compose and publish the Arabic modern poem. He is also famous, of publishing other ethical and freedom calling philosophic work, with highly used linguistic skills. He was influced by Arab-American Literature, by Khalil Gibran, illya Abu-Madi, and Micha'el Naimma.