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Abbas Mahmoud al-Akkad ‘Abbās Maḥmūd al-‘Aqqād (Arabic: عباس محمود العقاد) (June 28, 1889–March 12, 1964) was an Egyptian writer.
Biography
He was born in Aswan, a city in upper Egypt. He wrote more than 100 books about philosophy, religions, greats of humanity, and poetry. He founded a poetry school with Ibrahim Al-Mazny and Abd Al-Rahman Shokry called Al-Diwan. He died in 1964 in Cairo. His most famous works were al-'Abkariat, God, and Sarah. Many of his books were translated into English. Akkad was known for his use of flowery and complicated prose.
He was born in he year 1889.He graduated only out of elementary school he did not finish school until the end.Unlike his schoolmates, he spent all his weekly allowance on books rather than candy and food.He read about religion, geography, history and many other subjects.
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