Futility of Life
This poem is from the fifth of Shukri’s books which was published in 1923 called ‘Songs of Youth’. Before the poem Shukri writes that his friend, the genius poet Al-Jalil Abbas Afendi Mahmoud Al-Aqqad, while staying in Aswan, wrote lines of poetry to Shukri. Al-Aqqad entitled the poem ‘The Futility of Life’ and Shukri responded…
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I am an Irish student studying for a Bachelors Degree in Arabic and Literature at Al-Madinah International Islamic Univeristy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I am in my second year of study. For me, my main interest is in Arabic Literature. I was inspired by the story of Abdul Rahman Shukri and I am amazed that…
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The Life and Literature of Abdul Rahman Shukri 