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Aboul-Qacem Echebbi | |
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Native name | أبو القاسم الشابي |
Born | 24 February 1909 Tozeur, Tunisia |
Died | 9 October 1934 Tunis, Tunisia | (aged 25)
Resting place | Mausoleum of Abou El Kacem Chebbi, Tozeur |
Occupation | Poet |
Literary movement | Neo-romanticism, avant-garde, Apollo Society |
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (Arabic: أبو القاسم الشابي, ALA-LC: Abū al-Qāsim al-Shābbī; 24 February 1909 – 9 October 1934) was a Tunisian poet. He is probably best known for writing the final two verses of the current National Anthem of Tunisia, Humat al-Hima (Defenders of the Homeland), which was originally written by the Egyptian poet Mustafa Sadik el-Rafii.