Ibrahim Nagi | |
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Born | December 31, 1898 Cairo, Egypt |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Occupation | poet |
Ibrahim Nagi (Arabic: إبراهيم ناجى) (1898–1953) was an Egyptian poet. Nagi was also a doctor in internal medicine. Nagi's most famous poem is "El Atlal" or "The Ruins" which was eventually sang by famous Egyptian singer Om Kalthoom. He was a co founder of the Cairo Society for Romantic Poetry. He married Samia Sami and had three daughters: Amira (who had a daughter named Samia and a son named Mohammed), Dawheya (who went to live in America and had a son- Ahmad, and a daughter- Shahira), and Mohassen.