al-Shabbi Abu al-Qasim (أبو القاسم الشابي) (1909—1934)
Born in the southern Tunisian oasis town of Tozeur, Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi had a mobile childhood because of his father's judicial career. The constant traveling familiarized him with the Tunisian countryside and people and induced in him a profound and lifelong infatuation with both that permeated his later poetry. Studies at Tunis's eminent... More...