Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi | |
|---|---|
| Native name | أبو القاسم الشابي |
| Born | 24 February 1909 Tozeur, Tunisia |
| Died | 9 October 1934 (aged 25) Tunis, Tunisia |
| Resting place | Mausoleum of Abou El Kacem Chebbi, Tozeur |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Literary movement | Neo-romanticism, avant-garde, Apollo Society |
| Spouse |
Lella Chahla (Chahla Echebbi)
(m. 1929) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Fadela Echebbi (cousin) Lalimen Echebbi (brother) |
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (Arabic: أبو القاسم الشابي, ALA-LC: Abū al-Qāsim al-Shābbī; (24 February 1909 – 9 October 1934) was a Tunisian poet. He is probably best known for writing the final two verses of the current National Anthem of Tunisia, Humat al-Hima (Defenders of the Homeland), which was originally written by the Egyptian poet Mustafa Sadik el-Rafii.