Muhammad al-Fayturi explained

Muhammad Al-Fayturi
Birth Name:Muhammed Miftah Rajab Al-Fayturi
Death Date:24 April
Birth Place:Al Geneina, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Death Place:Rabat, Morocco
Occupation:Journalist, poet, writer, ambassador
Alma Mater:Al-Azhar University, Cairo University
Spouse:Rajat Armaze Al-Fayturi[1]

Muhammad al-Fayturi, also spelled Muhammad al-Fītūrī (Arabic: محمد الفيتوري), was a Sudanese–Libyan poet writer, poet, playwright, and ambassador.

Biography

Al-Fayturi was born in 1936 in Al Geneina and his paternal family belonged to the Masalit people. His father was a Sufi sheikh of Libyan descent, and his mother was Egyptian.

He grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, and studied Islamic sciences, philosophy and history at Al-Azhar University until 1953, and then continued his studies in literature at Cairo University. After this, he joined the Institute of Political Science in Cairo.[2]

Al-Fayturi started writing classical Arabic poetry at the age of 13 and became one of the major figures of contemporary Arabic poetry

Career

Al-Fayturi worked as journalist, and later, editor for Sudanese or Egyptian newspapers at the age of 17. Moreover, he was an acclaimed poet, and also was appointed as diplomat, political and cultural counsellor, and then as ambassador of Libya in several countries, including Lebanon and Morocco. From 1968–1970, he was appointed as an expert for the Arab League. He also was a member of the Arab Writers Union.

In 1953 he published his first collection of poems entitled 'Aga'nni Afriqia' (in English: 'Songs of Africa').[3]

Al-Fayturi died in Rabat, Morocco, in 2015. In an obituary, the Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star wrote: "His work particularly draws upon his experience as an African living among Arabs, and thus addresses issues such as race, class and colonialism."[4]

Selected works

Poetry

Theatrical plays

Nonfiction

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: mourid . alakhbar . 2015-09-11 . رجات أرماز.. الحقوقية المغربية التي حولت السوداني الفيتوري إلى شاعر غزل عذري . 2023-08-14 . الأخبار جريدة إلكترونية مغربية مستقلة . ar.
  2. Frangieh. Bassam K.. 2017-03-01. al-Faytūrī, Muḥammad. Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. en.
  3. Web site: Muhammad al-Fayturi. 2020-07-29. www.poetrytranslation.org.
  4. Web site: The Daily Star. 2015-04-27. Sudanese poet Muhammad al-Fayturi dies in Rabat. 2020-07-29. PressReader.