July 7, 1979(1979-07-07) (aged 68) Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia
Occupation
poet
journalist
teacher
official
Language
Arabic
Nationality
Ottoman (1911-1916) Hejazi (1916-1925/1932) Saudi Arabian (1932-1979)
Genre
Folk poetry, Narrative poetry
Years active
1939-1979
Ahmad Qandil (Arabic: أحمد قنديل, romanized: Aḥmad Qandīl; c. 1911 – 7 July 1979) was a Saudi Arabian poet and writer, emerged as a folk-popular poet who centralized Middle class culture in his Hejazi Arabic poetry and prose. Born in Jeddah, he studied and then taught at Al-Falah School, worked around one year as editor-in-chief of Sawt Al-Hijaz newspaper in Mecca, hold some positions in Ministry of Finance such as general manager of Hajj. After retirement from government occupations, he devoted himself to literary writing and media production in an institution he established, through which he cooperated with radio and television of Jeddah. He died at the age of 68 while recording the last episode of his program on Jeddah TV "Ramadan Lanterns", and left many collections of poetry some of which were published after his death. [1][2][3]
^"أحمد قنديل". alriyadh (in Arabic). 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^Ibn Silm, Ahmad Sa'id (1992). Mawsuʻat al-udabaʼ wa-al-kuttab al-Saʻudiyin: khilala sittin ʻaman, 1350 H-1410 H موسوعة الأدباء والكتاب السعوديين خلال ستين عامًا 1350 هـ - 1410 هـ [Encyclopedia of Saudi literati and writers during sixty years 1350 AH - 1410 AH] (in Arabic). Vol. 3 (first ed.). Medina, KSA: Dar al-Minar. p. 108. ISBN 9789775254221.
^Al-Jaburi, Kamel Salman (2003). Mu'jam Al-Udaba' min Al-'Asr Al-Jahili Hatta Sanat 2002 معجم الأدباء من العصر الجاهلي حتى سنة 2002 [Dictionary of writers from the pre-Islamic era until 2002] (in Arabic). Vol. 1 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah. p. 123.
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term was from 1945 to 1946 (he initially came to power after the murder of Ahmad Mahir Pasha) and the second from 1946 to 1948. His second cabinet was a...
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sharing intel (satellite, drone footage) on PKK and PJAK movements in their Qandil Mountains bases. On the other hand, a recent uptick in Iranian regime repression...
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parliament back into session. On 2 August 2012, Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Qandil announced his 35-member cabinet, including 28 newcomers, of whom four came...