Monday, May 12, 2008

Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Senna

Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Senna
One of the most outstanding poets in Egypt and the Arab World in the 1960s, Mohammad Abu Senna's writing is both eloquent and smooth. His love poems are also unique.
Abu Senna graduated from Al Azhar University's Faculty of Arabic Studies in 1964. He worked as political editor with the State Information Service (1965 – 1975), and later as a radio host in 1976, climbing up to the post of director-general of the Cultural Program in 1995.
Abu-Senna is member of the Poetry Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture, the Egyptian Writers' League, and the Egyptian Center of International Pen.
He participated in the 1990 Kuala Lumpur International Poetry Festival in Malaysia.

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