# Hisham Algakh

Hisham Kamel Abbas Mahmood Algakh is an Egyptian poet who has worked to make Egyptian poetry more accessible to young people and children.
Algakh has written more than 55 poems, most of which are written in an informal Egyptian dialect. All of his poems are spoken. He published his first collection of poems, "al-dīwān al-awwal" in Cairo International Book Fair in 2017.
Algakh has read his poetry in numerous concert events in the Middle East, North Africa and Western Europe.

## Early years

* Algakh was born on 1st 1978 October in the governorate Sohag, Egypt. His family came upper Egypt with Kenawy roots. He belongs to Al Houwara tribe, in Abu Tesht in governorate Qena.
* Algakh studied in Sohag then obtained his bachelor's degree in business at Ain Shams University in 2003. He was appointed supervisor on Ain Shams University cultural office on graduation. Algakh received his master's degree in business administration from the same university in 2007
* Algakh resigned from Ain Shams in 2009 to work solely on his poetry. He was named the best young colloquial poet by the Egyptian writers union in 2008. He won second place in the Prince of Poets contest in Abu Dhabi in 2011.

## Literary career

* Algakh is also known for his poetry parties, blend music with poetry and rhythmic movements on stage.
* Algakh's poems in the formal and informal Egyptian language, which became popular due to his ongoing presence in Arab media, These poems include some of which are: (al-ta'shīrah), (Juḥā(, (away bi-ghayr), (Īzīs), (Khirfān(, (ākhar mā horref fī al-Tawrāh), (matzaʻalish), (Tabaʻan ma saletish al-ʻAshā(, (al-jadwal), (Mashhad raʼsī min Mīdān al-Taḥrīr). Algakh's poem "Al Madfara", contains parts in formal language and others in informal.
* He performed his first Jamahiriya poetic event, with music, in 2010, in El Sawy Culture Wheel. By 2016, he had performed Jamahiriya Poetic events in all the Egyptian states.
* Algakh published his first collection of poems in Cairo International Book Fair in 2017 under the name "al-dīwān al-awwal".

## Poems

* A'auad.
* Luqaṭah al-Firāq raqm 105.
* Tabaʻan ma saletish al-ʻAshā.
* Khamsah al-ṣubḥ.
* Ḥamzah
* al-mukālamah.
* Anā Ikhwān.
* Malik al-niḥal.
* 24 shāriʻ al-Ḥijāz.
* ikhtilāf.
* -ākhar mā horref fī al-Tawrāh.
* Īzīs.
* al-ta'shīrah.
* 3 Khirfān.
* Rithāʼ juairia.
* al-jadwal.
* Mazhoum yā Qatr al-ghalbānin.
* Mamadetish ‘idi lahadd.
* ʻalá dhikr Āl al-Nabī.

## Jamahiriya concerts

The poet Hisham Algakh performed many Jamahiriya parties in poetry nights, conventions, festivals, universities all over the Middle East region.
He has also performed in Brussels in Belgium, Geneva in Switzerland, Vienna in Austria, and Paris in France.

## Festivals

| Name of fair | Place | Date |
| Sharjah Expo International Book Fair | UAE | November 2010 |
| Hala Feb Fair | Kuwait | February 2012 |
| South Sinai International Festival The Egyptian Community Party in Saudi Arabia | Riyadh Organized by the General Union of Egyptians Abroad (Saudi Arabia) Sponsored by the Egyptian Ambassador in KSA Afifi Abdel Wahab, and with the appearance of the ambassador Hossam Eisa, the general consul in Riyadh | April 2013 |
| Hala Feb Fair | Kuwait | February 2014 |
| F.I.P.Arts | Tunisia | April 2015 |
| Hala Feb Fair | Kuwait | February 2016 |
| The party of Douz City Included in the activities of Festival De La Joie Africaine in its second version | Tunisia | Mars 2016 |
| | Date of event | Place | The event |
| 12000 | September 10, 2011 | Cairo International Stadium | The hockey field concert |
| 22000 | April 19, 2013 | Riyadh | South Sinai International Festival |
| 7000 | August 30, 2014 | Algeria | Atlais taif concert |
| 7000 | Mars 26th 2016 | Tunisia | The concert in Douz |
| El Sawy Culture Wheel concert | Mars 2010 |
| El Sawy Culture Wheel concert | May 2010 |
| Syndicate of Journalists concert | July 2010 |
| Alexandria concert | August 2010 |
| El Sawy Culture Wheel concert | August 2010 |
| Al-Azhar Park concert | September 2010 |
| Tanta concert | October 2010 |
| Mansoura University concert | October 2010 |
| American University concert | October 2010 |
| Assiut University concert | November 2010 |
| UAE concert | November 2010 |
| El Sawy Culture Wheel concert | November 2010 |
| Al Azhar University Darrasah concert | November 2010 |
| A poetic evening in the UAE | November 2010 |
| Mansoura University concert | December 2010 |
| Suez University concert | December 2010 |
| Menofia concert | December 2010 |
| El Sawy Culture Wheel concert | December 2010 |
| Dubai concert | February 2011 |
| Suez concert | April 2011 |
| Tunisia concert | April 2011 |
| Zagazig concert | April 2011 |
| Tanta concert | April 2011 |
| Future University concert | April 2011 |
| Sohag concert | April 2011 |
| El-Mahalla concert | April 2011 |
| The evening event for the friends of the sluice | June 2011 |
| Presidential leadership program in the Convention Centre | October 2011 |
| Concert in the hockey field in Cairo International Stadium | September 2011 |
| An evening in Alexandria in Ramadan | August 2012 |
| Damietta concert | October 2012 |
| An evening in Al Mathaf Hotel | December 2012 |
| An evening in the Islamic University of Gaza | December 2012 |
| Assiut University concert | May 2013 |
| Bibliotheca Alexandrina concert | May 2013 |
| An evening in Palestine | October 2013 |
| Bibliotheca Alexandrina concert | October 2013 |
| Bibliotheca Alexandrina concert | February 2014 |
| American University concert | May 2014 |
| Bibliotheca Alexandrina concert | July 2014 |
| The concert in Atlais taif in Algeria | August 2014 |
| Concert in Ramallah – Palestine | October 2014 |
| Mansoura concert | December 2014 |
| Tanta concert | December 2014 |
| Concert in Nazareth – Israel | February 2015 |
| Bibliotheca Alexandrina concert | Mars 2015 |
| Faiyum concert | May 2015 |
| Qena concert | June 2015 |
| Concert in the stage of Rajac Language School | June 2015 |
| Kafr El-Dawar concert | August 2015 |
| Tanta concert | December 2015 |
| Bibliotheca Alexandrina concert | January 2016 |
| Kafr El Sheikh concert | April 2016 |
| Asyut concert | April 2016 |

## Television appearances

In Ramadan 2010, Algakh had his own segment on Egyptian television, on the show "Yes'ed Sabahak". The segment was called "qoūl ya Hawīs". Every day, he would read his poems with the tunes of the oud playing as his background music. The list of some of his most important television appearances:
| Name of show | Name of Channel | The host's | Date of appearance |
| Shababeek | Dream 1 | | May 21, 2010 |
| Min Kaleb Maser | Nile Life | Lamis Elhadidy | July 6, 2010 |
| Sabah Elkher Ya Masr | Egyptian TV | | July 23, 2010 |
| Al Ashira Masa'an | Dream 2 | Mona el-Shazly | July 28, 2010 |
| Baladna Bl Masry | ON TV | Reem Maged | January 20, 2011 |
| 48 hours | Mehwar TV | | January 23, 2011 |
| Baladna Bl Masry | ON TV | Reem Maged | Mars 6, 2011 |
| Muntaha Al Sahara | Al Hayat 2 | Mostafa Bakry | April 28, 2011 |
| 360 degrees | Al Hayat | Heba Al-Abasiry | July 4, 2011 |
| Tahya Masr | LTB | Tamer Amin | December 7, 2011 |
| 90 minutes | Mehwar TV | Amr Ellissy | February 22, 2012 |
| Sabah ON | ON TV | Youssef El Husseiny | Mars 8, 2012 |
| ʻalá al-maqhá | Aljazeera Mubasher channel Egypt | Dohaalzohairy | Mars 22, 2012 |
| 90 Minutes | Mehwar TV | Amr Ellissy | April 24, 2012 |
| Ez El Shabab | Rotana Masriya | | May 22, 2012 |
| Akher Kalam | ON TV | Yosri Fouda | September 22, 2012 |
| Mahatet Masr | Misr 25 | Moataz Matar | November 26, 2012 |
| Bani Adam Show – season 3 | Al Hayat | Ahmed Adam | April 22, 2013 |
| Gomla Mofida | MBC Masr | Mona el-Shazly | May 29, 2013 |
| El 3ashera msa2n | Dream 2 | Wael Elebrashy | June 16, 2013 |
| Momken | CBC | Khayri Ramadan | June 20, 2013 |
| Jar Shakel | CBC | Mohammed Ali Kher | July 22, 2013 |
| Abu Za'abl | Dream 1 | Mona Abdel Wahab | July 23, 2013 |
| Alhokm Baad Almozawla | Produced by: E-cloud Egypt | | November 21, 2013 |
| Al Nahar | Ennahar TV | Khaled Salah | April 14, 2014 |
| Re7t 2lbon | Blue Nile TV | Mahmoud Algaily | July 1, 2014 |
| Liqa'a khas | Ennahar TV | Yasser Lorabi | August 29, 2014 |
| As'ad Allah Masa'akom | MBC Masr | Akram Hosny | September 27, 2014 |
| | 24FM | | September 27, 2014 |
| Momkn | CBC | Khayri Ramadan | December 25, 2014 |
| Akher El Ousbou | Rotana Masriya | Mohammed Al Okbi | January 31, 2015 |
| | Arab TV | Sayed Hasnain | February 12, 2015 |
| 90 minutes | Mehwar TV | Eman Elhossary | Mars 4, 2015 |
| Liqa'a khas | Telvza TV | Habib Trabelsi | April 28, 2015 |
| Makom | CBC | Mona El-Shazly | May 8, 2015 |
| Kholaset El Kalam | Al Hayat | | November 25, 2015 |
| Al Setat | CBC | | October 4, 2015 |
| Al Mataha | MBC Masr | Wafaa El Kilani | October 28, 2015 |
| Helwa Ya Donya | Roya TV | | February 12, 2016 |
| 24/7 | Alhiwar TV | | Mars 22, 2016 |
* In the show "Re7t 2lbon" which aired on the channel "Blue Nile TV" the poet hosted the show in 2014, where he presented 10 episodes that aired in Ramadan.

## Prizes and honors

* F.I.P.Arts in Tunisia.
* Hala Feb Festival - Tuesday Feb 9, 2016.
* Festival De La Joie Africaine in the city of Douz – south Tunisia.
* He was honored in 7 Jamahiriya parties in 7 different Algerian states.
* Best young colloquial poet from the Egyptian writers union in 2008.
* He won second place in the Prince of Poets contest in Abu Dhabi in 2011.