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Gamila El Alaily Poetry

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Gamila El Alaily Poems

Selected poems from her works

Howling in Our Ears

From Drops of Divine Love

Behold — within our ears the howling sound:We shall erase all corruption from this ground;All those whom misery's false lights entice,God is sufficient — light of our own eyes;God is sufficient — inspiration of the wise


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Painting of Gamila El Alaily in an armchair, looking up, an open notebook on her lap
Poet, novelist, essayist and editor · 1907–1991

Gamila El Alaily

جميلة العلايلي

Gamila El Alaily was an Egyptian poet, novelist and essayist, and the only woman who wrote regularly for the Apollo poetry group of the 1930s. Over five decades she published 24 books of poetry, fiction and essays, and with her husband, the journalist Sayed Nada, she founded and edited the literary magazine Al-Ahdaf.

Works in public library catalogues

Records in these catalogues:

Life & Timeline

From her youth to later life

Her Literary Works

From poetry to novels

Literary Salon

The weekly meetings with contemporaries

Gamila's Library

The vast collection of books

El Ahdaf Magazine

The monthly publication that spanned decades