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1990Aug, 24

Gely Abdel Rahman

Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudanese-Egyptian poet and academic (b. 1931)
Gely Abdel Rahman (1931 – 24 August 1990) Arabic: جيلي عبد الرحمن was one of the leading Sudanese poets of the second half of the 20th century.

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