Ibrahim Nagi


Ibrahim Nagi was an Egyptian poet. Nagi was also a doctor in internal medicine. Nagi's most famous poem is Al-Atlal or The Ruins which was eventually sung by Egyptian singer Om Kalthoom. He was a co-founder of the Cairo Society for Romantic Poetry. He married Samia Sami and had three daughters: Amira, Dawheya, and Mohassen.

The legacy of Ibrahim Nagi in the literary studies

The poetry of Ibrahim Nagi is an object of studies of several literary critics. Nagi's legacy was noted by Abdul Rahman Ghazi al Gosaibi, Hasan Tawfiq and Saleh Jawdat.