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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ahmed Shawqi (Dec. 25, 1869 - Dec. 13, 1932) was the great Arabic Poet-Laureate, an Egyptian poet and dramatist who pioneered the modern Egyptian literary movement, most notably introducing the genre of poetic epics to the Arabic literary tradition. On the paternal side he was of Circassian and Greek descent, and on the maternal side of Turkish and Greek descent. Raised in a privileged setting, his family was prominent and well-connected with the court of the Khedive of Egypt. Upon graduating from high school, he attended law school, obtaining a degree in translation. Shawqi was then offered a job in the court of the Khedive Abbas II, which he immediately accepted.

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