Ahmed Mahmoud EL Kholy is an Egyptian poet who writes in English as well as in Arabic. Born, to a university professor of plant nutrition, in Damietta governorate, on the eleventh of March, 1982, he educated in Damietta Experimental Languages School. He then joined Damietta Military Secondary School and got his military secondary certificate there in June 1999 in preparation to join the Egyptian Faculty of militancy as a lieutenant-to-be for his father's wishes. Eventually, the same year, he joined Damietta Faculty of Education and graduated there in May, 2003. Getting his first bachelor degree in TEFL, he later joined Cairo Faculty of Arts in September 2004 and got his second bachelor degree in English language and literature there in May, 2006. The same year, he managed to be enrolled as a student in the MA preliminary year at the same department of the same college.In September 2006, EL Kholy won The International Library of Poetry Editor's Choice Published Poet Ribbon Award Pin and Commemorative Poet Scholar Medallion for his English poetry volume "Lyrical Elegies" published shortly before in The International Library of Poetry "Immortal Verses" series.
The officail literary page of the Egyptian Gazet released on 31/12/2006.
Ely, Howard. "Preface," The International Library of Poetry annual anthology:The International Who's Who in Poetry, 2007.
, The official publications page of the official website of the International Library of Poetry: www.poetry.com/publications (dated 04/04/2007).
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