Taher Zamakhshari

Taher Zamakhshari was born in Mecca in 1906 and completed his studies at the al-Falah schools in 1929. After jobs in the administration, he joined Saudi radio from its beginnings, as a presenter and producer, then as head of programmes; his children's programme earned him the nickname “Baba Taher”, and in 1959 he founded al-Rawda, the first Saudi magazine for young people. He also directed the newspaper al-Bilad. Author of some twenty collections, the first of which appeared in Cairo in 1946, he received the State Appreciation Prize and died in 1987.

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• PoetryهمساتTaher Zamakhshari · 1952not translated into EnglishLiterature