Ali Mahmoud Taha

Egyptian poet

‘Ali Maḥmūd Ṭāhā (Arabic: علي محمود طه‎) (1901–1949) was an Egyptian neo-romantic poet and member of the Cairo "Apollo Society".^[1] He has been called several nicknames, such as: The Engineer and The Lost Sailor.^[1] The Egyptian literary scholar, 'Abd al-Majid 'Abidin, published an Arabic study discussing 'Ali Mahmud Taha "al-Munhandis" (the Engineer Ali Mahmud Taha) and Iliya Abu Madi in 1967, describing them both as reformist poets (sha'irayn mujaddidayn).^[2]

Nevertheless, Taha was not as immersed in romanticism as Ibrahim Nagi and Mohammad al-Hamshari.^[1]

Furthermore, Taha's poets were politically-colored, but even provocative and patriotic, despite his death, which was before the 23rd-of-July Revolution. He was among the contributors of Al Siyasa, newspaper of the Liberal Constitutional Party.^[3]

Early life

Taha was born to a family of the middle-class in Mansoura, in Delta, Egypt.^[1]

Poems

East and West
Spirits and Ghosts
Flower and Wine
Passion Returned
Nights of the Lost Sailor
The Lost Sailor
Birth of a Poet
Palestine

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ali Taha Archived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine at Egyptian State Information Service
^ 'Abidin, 'Abd al-Majid (1967). Bayna sha'irayn mujaddidayn: Iliya Abu Madi wa-Ali Mahmud Taha al-Muhandis. Beirut: Dar al-Thaqafah.
^ Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Egypt (4th ed.). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-8108-8025-2.