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Saudi poet Mohammed Al-Ali dies at 94: the battle of an idea out of its time

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Saudi poet and critic Mohammed Abdullah Al-Ali died on Wednesday at the age of 94. Described as one of the kingdom's leading cultural figures, he contributed intellectual and creative work over six decades and defended modernity, rationality and freedom of creativity.

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