DUBAI: Google is celebrating the life of Egyptian poet Farouk Shousha in today’s Google Doodle across the Middle East region.
Shousha, who was born in 1936, hosted the popular television program “Umsiya Thaqafiya” from 1977 to 2006 and was one of the Arab world’s most renowned contemporary poets.
The poet was born in Egypt’s coastal province of Damietta in February 1936 and he went on to be nicknamed the “Guardian of Arabic” due to his love of culture, poetry and literature.
When he died in October, 2016, at the age of 80, Egyptian Culture Minister Helmi Al-Namnam described Shousha as a “great poet and mentor.”
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Google Doodle celebrates Egyptian poet Farouk Shousha
Google Doodle celebrates Egyptian poet Farouk Shousha
Hezbollah says Israeli strike killed Al-Manar TV presenter in southern Lebanon
- The Israeli military said later on Monday that Al-Din was a Hezbollah militant who recently worked to rehabilitate the group’s artillery capabilities in southern Lebanon
The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Monday that an Israeli strike in the country’s south killed TV presenter Ali Nour Al-Din, who worked for the group’s affiliated Al-Manar television station.
The group said the killing portends “the danger of Israel’s extended escalations (in Lebanon) to include the media community.”
The Israeli military said later on Monday that Al-Din was a Hezbollah militant who recently worked to rehabilitate the group’s artillery capabilities in southern Lebanon.
Israel and Lebanon agreed to a US-brokered ceasefire in 2024 to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which culminated in Israeli strikes that severely weakened the Iran-backed militant group. Since then, the sides have traded accusations over ceasefire violations.
Lebanon has faced growing pressure from the US and Israel to disarm Hezbollah. The group’s leaders fear that Israel could dramatically escalate strikes across the battered country, aiming to push the Lebanese government for quicker action to confiscate Hezbollah’s arsenal.
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