Yehia Haqqi (1905 – 1992)
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Yehia Haqqi was one of the pioneers of modern Egyptian literature. As well as being an important writer, he was an expert on Arabic culture.
Yehia Haqqi was born in 1905 in the Sayyida Zeinab district of Cairo. He graduated in law and worked for a short time as a lawyer. In 1929, he began his career as a diplomat and he worked abroad for more than 20 years. The time he spent in France, Italy, Turkey and Libya gave him experiences he later used in his writing.
At the same time as he was working, Haqqi was also writing stories. His first short story, published in 1925, established him as one of the great short story writers of the Arab world.
Haqqi always wanted to help poor and disabled people. He had to go to hospital after an earthquake in Cairo, but gave his bed to a poor person who he thought needed it more. In 1955, he wrote a collection of short stories about the poor and the disabled which won an important prize. Another of his stories, The Postman, was made into a film.
Haqqi wrote in a new way about Arab society and customs in the twentieth century. Haqqi was also interested in the Arabic language and he devolved a new style of writing which is respected today.
As well as writing his own novels and stories, Haqqi also translated Russian, French, Italian and Turkish literature into Arabic. He was a very strong believer in the power of education and supported many young Egyptian writers.
Haqqi died in 1992, but is still thought of as the father of the modern short story and the novel in Egypt.
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| old-fashioned | not modern and not fashionable any more |
| routine (n) | the usual way in which you do things |
| midday | Twelve o'clock in the middle of the day. |
| attachment | something you attach to/send with an e-mail |
| publisher | person or company that produces books, magazines, etc., and makes them available for people to buy |
| custom | something that people do in a society because it is traditional |
| develop | to make a new product or idea successful |
| district | an area of a city or country |
| establish | to achieve or give someone a respected position in society or in an organisation |
| law | the system of rules that people in a country or place must obey |
| pioneer | one of the first people to do something that other people will continue to develop |
| style | a way of doing or making something that is typical of a particular person, group or period |
Language Notes:
¨عند استخدام the قبل صفات معينة تتحول الصفة إلي اسم جمع:
¨the poor / the rich / the disabled / the deaf / the blind / the dumb /the sick / the dead / the young / the old / the homeless / the elderly / the unemployed
·The poor are in need of our help. = Poor people are in need of our help.
¨تستخدم a قبل كلمات معينة بمعني (في كل أو لكل) وعادة يمكن أن نستخدم مكانها كلمة per
¨a day / a month / per hour / per person
·He earns 500 pounds a month.
·He drove 70 miles per hour.
¨لاحظ عدم جمع الكلمات الآتية إذا جاء قبلها عدد وبعدها اسم:
| <== previous lecture | | | next lecture ==> |
| Words that go together | | | Week / second / month / year / minute / hour / day |