Ahmed Fouad Shennib
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|order1=Education minister of Libya
| term_start1= 19 March 1963
|term_end1 = 22 January 1964
| predecessor1=Abul Qassim al-Allaghi
| successor1=Mohammed al-Mayyet
| birth_date= 1923
| death_date= {{Death date and age|2007|1|7|1923}}
| death_place= Benghazi, Libya
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Ahmed Fouad Shennib ({{langx|ar|أحمد فؤاد شنيب}}) was a Libyan poet, politician and ambassador.
Born in Hama, Syria in 1923 of Libyan parents in exile. Shennib was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris and served as cultural attache to UNESCO until 1959.'Directeurs de Services Nationaux de relations Culturelles' Fevrier 1959, UNESCOunesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001274/127488FB.pdf He then served as cultural attache in Washington DC (1959–1963), then Paris, France in 1963. He then returned to Libya in 1963 to serve as Minister of Education and Culture until 1964.
Ahmed Fouad Shennib died in January 2007 of pancreatic cancer in Benghazi, Libya.
Literary Contributions
Ahmed Fouad Shennib is most known for his collection of poems addressing the subject of Libyan nationalism and identity. His poetry stems primarily from the period following the proclamation of Libyan independence in 1951. During this period several poets emerged "who rejected the classical forms of Arabic versification and showed an interest in social problems, particularly the life of the common people".{{Cite web|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Libya|title=Libya}} The primary authors of this period were Ahmed Fuad Shennib, Ali Sidqi Abd al-Kadir and Ali al-Ruqii.Krymskii, A. Istoriia novoi arabskoi literatury, XlX-nach XX, Moscow, 1971 Common themes of prose during this period were the struggle for independence, social equality and condemned prejudice.Muhammad Sadiq Afifi “Poety i poeziia Livii” In Sovremennaia arabskaia literatura Moscow, Muhammad Sadiq Afifi 1960
The poems 'Libya','Libya: Ahmed Fouad Shennib', Libyanet.com http://www.libyanet.com/shennib1.htm 'After Dusk' and 'Al Ashiqah' regularly feature in the curricula of Arabic Literature covering North Africa.'Poems by Libyan poet Ahmed Fouad Shennib', Libyanet.com http://www.libyanet.com/afs00003.htm
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