NYU Abu Dhabi Library acquires rich archive of Egyptian poet, publisher and bee scientist Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi
NYU Abu Dhabi Library acquires rich archive of Egyptian poet, publisher and bee scientist Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi
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NYU Abu Dhabi Library acquires rich archive of Egyptian poet, publisher and bee scientist Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi
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The Abu Shadi family, at the pyramids at Giza, circa late 1920s-early 1930s.
The NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Library has acquired the archive of Egyptian poet, publisher, medical doctor, and bee scientist Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, who lived from 1892-1955. Containing over 40 boxes of correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, and photographs, apart from paintings and artifacts, the archive was acquired from Abu Shadi's granddaughter, Joy Amina Garnett, earlier this year.
Abu Shadi was best known as a poet and founder of the literary journal Apollo, which was published in Cairo from 1932-1934, and for the group of poets affiliated with it. As a young man, he spent a decade in Britain,
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