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the way other Arab populations had. Daif replied that the dearth of properly published
Egyptian works from the period made such a judgement tenuous and suggested that he and Amin republish the Egyptian sections in anthologies of poetry from the period. Amin readily agreed, and they embarked on the
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considered himself a defender of Daif against traditionalist criticisms, referring to himself as "the executioner of Shawqi's enemies."
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