| Muhammad Al-Fayturi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Muhammed Miftah Rajab Al-Fayturi 1936 (1936) Al Geneina, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Died | 24 April 2015 (aged 78–79) Rabat, Morocco |
| Occupation | Journalist, poet, writer, ambassador |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University, Cairo University |
| Spouse | Rajat Armaze Al-Fayturi Asia Abdelmajid |
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.
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').
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."
Selected works
Poetry
- Aga'nni Afriqia, Arabic أغاني إفريقيا or The Songs of Africa, poetry collection, published 1956.
- Ashiq meen Afriqia, Arabic عاشق من إفريقيا Lover from Africa poetry collection, 1964.
- Azkor'inni Yaa Afriqia, Arabic اذكريني يا إفريقيا,or Remember Me Africa, poetry collection, 1965.
- Seqoe't Dobshliem, Arabic سقوط دبشليم, or Collapse of Doapashalim, poetry collection, 1968.
- Ma'zoffa lee Darawessh Matagool, Arabic معزوفة لدرويش متجول, or The Lyric of Roaming Dervish, poetry collection 1969.
- Al-battel w'el thorra w'el Mshnaqeh, Arabic البطل والثورة والمشنقة or Hero, Revolution and Gallows, 1972 poetry collection.
- Agawall Shahid Atheba't, Arabic أقوال شاهد إثبات, or The Saying of Witness, poetry, 1973.
- Abtasami hatta tamo'r el-khail, Arabic ابتسمي حتى تمر الخيل, or Smile Until The Horses Passes, poetry, 1975.
- Aesfoort el' daam, Arabic عصفورة الدم, or Bloody Bird, poetry, 1983.
Theatrical plays
- Solara, Arabic سولارا, drama, 1970.
- Thorrat Omer El-mokhata'r, Arabic ثورة عمر المختار, or The Revolution of Omer El-Mokhata'r, drama, 1974
Nonfiction
- Allam Al-Sahafa al-arabia wa-al Ajnabiya, Arabic عالم الصحافة العربية والأجنبية, in English: The World of Arab and Foreign Journalism, Damascus, 1981.
- Al-moojab wa-al s'alieb. Arabic الموجب والسالب في الصحافة العربية, in English: The Positive and Negative in Arabic Journalism, Damascus, 1986.
See also
References
- mourid, alakhbar (11 September 2015). "رجات أرماز.. الحقوقية المغربية التي حولت السوداني الفيتوري إلى شاعر غزل عذري". الأخبار جريدة إلكترونية مغربية مستقلة (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- "الخرطوم .. مقتل أرملة الشاعر محمد الفيتوري فنانة السودان الأولى". Afrigate News (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Muhammad al-Fayturi's 85th Birthday", google.com, retrieved 24 November 2021,
Muhammad Muftah Rajab al-Fayturi was born on this day in 1936 in Al-Geneina, a town on the western border of Sudan, to a Libyan father and Egyptian mother.
- Frangieh, Bassam K. (1 March 2017). "al-Faytūrī, Muḥammad". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
- "Muhammad al-Fayturi". www.poetrytranslation.org. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- The Daily Star (27 April 2015). "Sudanese poet Muhammad al-Fayturi dies in Rabat". Retrieved 29 July 2020 – via PressReader.
Further reading
- Alansary, Abdulhamid. (2020). Identity Crisis as Postcolonial Problematic in Muhammad Al-Fayturi's Songs of Africa and Sahar Khalifeh's The Inheritance
- Babikir, Adil (ed.) (2019). Modern Sudanese Poetry: An Anthology. Lincoln, NE, USA. ISBN 978-1-4962-1563-5
- Gohar, M. S., & Smithsonian Libraries. 2007). Confronting the history of slavery and colonization in the poetry of M. Al-Fayturi and Langston Hughes. Research Review - Institute of African Studies, p. 1-21.
- Oladosu, Afis Ayinde. (2008) Is It Because My Face Is Black? Journal of Arabic Literature, vol. 39/2, p. 184–215. ISSN 0085-2376
External links
- Sorrows of the Black City on poetrytranslation.org
- Interview: Umm Kulthum asked me to "recap" the poem .. and she refused
- 1936 births
- 2015 deaths
- Sudanese dramatists and playwrights
- Libyan dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Sudanese poets
- Libyan poets
- 20th-century Sudanese writers
- Sudanese non-fiction writers
- Sudanese people of Libyan descent
- Sudanese people of Egyptian descent
- Libyan people of Egyptian descent
- 20th-century Libyan writers
- 20th-century Libyan poets
- 21st-century Sudanese poets
- Sudanese male writers
- Male poets
- Male dramatists and playwrights
- People from West Darfur