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Ahmed Shawqi
A concise guide to Ahmed Shawqi's body of work, major titles, and recurring themes.
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Author overview
Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932) was a poet and playwright whose body of work spans drama and poetry. This writing is in Arabic and associated with Egypt. Major works and useful reading starting points include Al-Shawqiyyat, The Death of Cleopatra, Majnun Layla, and Al-Shawqiyt. Key themes include history and national identity, exile and belonging, and moral and public responsibility.
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Representative titles are intentionally withheld until at least two work-level bibliographic records have been verified. No title is inferred from the author name alone.