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Ahmed bin Ibrahim al-Sabouni: a Syrian writer and thinker, considered one of the pioneers of the modern renaissance, and a scholar of reform and renewal, and he has made a great contribution to journalism and authorship in the fields of literature, language and history. Sheikh Ahmed bin Ibrahim al-Qawuqji al-Hamwi, known as al-Sabouni, was born in the Syrian city of Hama in the year 1875 AD, into a family that was known in social circles for its gentleness and interest in science, and the artistic talent that appeared among many of its members, whether in the craft field such as carpentry and painting, or in artistic creativity such as poetry and painting. Al-Sabouni received his education in the teachings of Hama, and he was committed to his city throughout his life and did not leave it except on his trips to seek knowledge at the hands of the people of knowledge and literature in the capital, Damascus. At first, he worked as a shoemaker, making and repairing shoes, but he left his profession and joined the scientists and worked as a teacher. His star rose. He contacted the press and issued the newspaper “Lisan al-Sharq” in 1909 AD, but it did not last long as the authorities closed it after about two years of its launch. For its opposition to the Ottoman rule of the Levant. Sheikh al-Sabouni was greatly influenced by the reformers of his time, such as Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, and by the religious reform movement in Egypt. He made many friendships with activists in the Arab national struggle. Which was reflected in his wide culture on his public curricula and his public and secret political social activities, and on his innovative tendency that emerged in his articles that he published in his newspaper and in other Levantine newspapers, and in his recruitment of young pens who participated with him, as well as in his printed and manuscript writings. Al-Sabouni’s books have been numerous, including: “The History of the Present Age and the Biography of His Men,” “The Past and Present of the East,” “The History of Hama,” “Facilitating Logic,” “The Kind Purposes in Abu Hanifa’s Jurisprudence,” and “The Best Reasons in the Systems of The Rules of Expression” and “Certainty in the Reality of the Conduct of the Messengers”. He also has social poetry for the most part, some of which are collected in a short collection referred to by some studies, but it is now missing. The death of Ahmed bin Ibrahim al-Sabouni was during the First World War in 1916 AD, and he was buried in the Ayyubid cemetery in Hama.