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portrait of ahmed shawqi . 14 october 1932 cairo , kingdom of egypt cairo , khedivate of egypt 250px 16 october 1868 19th -- 20th century ahmad shawqy.jpg ahmed shawqi
 ahmed shawqi أحمد شوقي playwright , poet
ahmed shawqi

ahmed shawqi -lrb- 1868 -- 1932 -rrb- -lrb- , -rrb- , also written as ahmed chawki , nicknamed amīr al-shu ` arā ' -lrb- the prince of poets , -rrb- , was one of the greatest arabic poets 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 , greek and kurdish descent , and on the maternal side of turkish and greek descent .
