Al Shabbi

Al Shabbi (1909-1934), full name Abu al-Qasim al Shabbi, also Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, was a Tunisian poet. He is considered among the most brilliant Arab poets of North Africa. He is probably best known for writing the final two verses of the current National Anthem of Tunisia, Humat al-Hima, which was originally written by the Egyptian poet Mustafa Sadik el-Rafii.

Wisdom & Quotes

• If the People one day desire to live, then fate must needs respond.
• Wounds may be calm, and sorrows be silent

The time of lament andthe age of madness are dead
Morning has peered out beyond the peaks.

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