Complex sentence: Abu Shadi was a Wafdist like his father, a poet and publisher of experimental Arabic poetry; a physician and scientist committed to fostering advances in science and agriculture; a social reformer advocating women's suffrage, education for all and the elimination of poverty.
Split into simpler sentences: Abu Shadi was a Wafdist like his father, a poet and publisher of experimental Arabic poetry, and a physician and scientist committed to fostering advances in science and agriculture. He was also a social reformer advocating women's suffrage, education for all and the elimination of poverty.