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“Ahmed Shakir” bin Saeed Al-Karmi (1894 - October 9, 1927) was a Palestinian writer and journalist, born in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. He is a writer, author, poet, translator and critic. "The Father of Translation in the Arab World".
His upbringing and educational attainment
Ahmed Shaker bin Saeed bin Ali bin Mansour Al-Karmi was born in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm in 1894. He received his education in the schools of his city of Tulkarm, and then joined with his brother Mahmoud Al-Karmi at Al-Azhar and the Egyptian University in Egypt to take his sciences, and Ahmed Shaker there to study the English language. I even mastered it.
his personal life
Ahmed Shaker is married and has no children, and his father is the scholar Saeed Al Karmi, and his brothers are: the poet Abdul Karim Al Karmi (Abu Salma), the politician Abdul Ghani Al Karmi, the linguist Hassan Al Karmi, and the writer Mahmoud Al Karmi. As for his grandfather, he is Sheikh Ali bin Mansour Al Karmi.
In the press
Ahmed Shaker went to the Hijaz, where King Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, asked him to take over the editorship of Al-Qibla newspaper, which was published in Mecca at the time. After that, he traveled to Damascus with his father, who at the time was the vice president of the Arab Scientific Academy there.
Ahmed Shaker began publishing his articles in the Damascene Alf Ba newspaper. In 1921, Al-Karmi contributed to the formation of the first literary groups in Syria, which was named after the Literary Association, and in the editing of its magazine, which was named after it, and then took over the editorship of Al-Fayhaa newspaper in 1923.
On January 20, 1925, Al-Karmi established the famous Al-Mizan newspaper, which was very popular in the Arab community. Al-Karmi contacted Arab writers, and he would sign his articles under several names, the most famous of which was “Qudamah”.
book about it
In 1964, the Ministry of Culture of the Syrian Arab Republic issued a book on Ahmed Shaker entitled “Ahmed Shaker Al Karmi: Selections from His Literary, Critical and Anecdotal Traces,” which was compiled and composed by Abu Salma. Abu Salma divided the works of his brother Ahmed Shaker into the following seven sections: Editor’s Note, And the opinions of Ahmed Shaker Al-Karmi, the general exhibition, criticism, western poetry, stories, sayings and messages. The number of pages of the book reached 300 pages, and it was published by Atlas Publishing House, and it is a famous book and spread in public libraries in the Arab world.
example of his literature
Ahmad Shakir al-Karmi said in dedicating his book “Al-Karmiyat” to Muhyi al-Din Rida: “The great king in his authority, the oppressive tyrant among his guards and aides, and the great rich among his servants are nothing but false manifestations of life, and since ancient times people used to burn incense in front of these funerals The three, as for me, I have another way to go. I do not dedicate my book to kings and darkness because I hate them, nor do I present it to the rich and the affluent because I despise them, but I present it to you, O Mohiuddin, my dear friend, so that it may be a memory of our close friendship and our recognition of your kindness and grace.”
His most prominent works
The Karmics, in 1921, dealt with thirteen topics in literature, history, philosophy, ethics, sociology and translation. In 2021-2022, that is, a hundred years after Al-Karmi published the book, the Palestinian Ministry of Culture, with the support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, reprinted the book again; As the remaining copies of the book have almost disappeared from the Arab world due to their scarcity of numbers.
"May: Or Autumn and Spring", expressed in English, 1922.
"Bquik's Memoirs", Arabized.
"Khaled", an Arabized novel, 1923.
"Red Rose".
his death
Ahmad Shakir al-Karmi died on October 9, 1927, in Damascus, after suffering from tuberculosis. He was buried in the “Bab al-Saghir” cemetery in Damascus, and wrote on his grave: “Here lies Ahmad Shakir bin Saeed al-Karmi, who died strangely except for his brothers,” as he wrote these two verses. From the poetry on his grave by the Syrian poet Muhammad al-Bazam:
Ahmed burried under this earth, and set his heart on fire
And he is quick to seek the pleasure of his Lord, his history, and his forgiveness
perpetuate him
In memory of Ahmad Shaker al-Karmi and his contributions, the governor of the Syrian capital Damascus decided on January 29, 1955 to name a street in the city of Damascus by the name of Ahmad Shaker al-Karmi, as he named a street in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as a street in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
Achievements and Awards
decorations
Ahmed Shaker Al Karmi has been awarded the following decorations:
The French Legion of Honor, rank of Knight, from the French Mandatory Authority in Syria.
Al-Quds Medal for Culture, Literature and Arts, from the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, in December 1990.
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