Salem Ben Hmida
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Salem Ben Hmida (Arabic: سالم بن حميدة) was a Tunisian poet. He was born in 1882 and died in 1961.
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Born in Akouda, just north of Sousse, he studied at the University of Ez-Zitouna. In 1947, he chaired the Sahelian cooperation within the Tunisian General Labour Union.
He published a book of poems entitled Azzahriyyet. Today there is a road in Sousse and several schools named after him.[1]
References
- ^ Jacobs, Daniel; Morris, Peter (2001). The Rough Guide to Tunisia. ISBN 9781858287485.