Abdullah Shams El-Din — Arabic Wikipedia

Arabic Wikipedia article on the Egyptian lyric poet Abdullah Shams El-Din (1921–1977); used for entity facts only. It recounts his birth in Cairo, his studies at al-Azhar, his post as cultural adviser to the Supreme Council for Muslim Youth, his writing of the anthem 'Allah Akbar fawqa kayd al-mu'tadi' in 1956, his poetry collections, the Order of the Republic he received, and his death on 13 March 1977.