biography
pronunciation:
[areeda]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1887–1946)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Hims, Syria. He studied at a Russian school before emigrating to the USA in 1905. Settling in New York City, he worked as a journalist and was a member of the Pen Bond, a group of noted Arab emigré writers. Offended by American materialism, he longed for his homeland. His poems were collected and published as Al-Arwah, al-Ha'ira (1946, trans Troubled Spirits). |
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