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GETTY IMAGES Our national language poet and prose writer Egyptian writer narrates the story of his relationship with Urdu (Associate Professor of Urdu, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt)   Can you tell me something about yourself How did you learn Urdu? How did you turn to Urdu? Why and how do you write poetry in Urdu? When did the lion say? Etc etc   These are the questions people keep asking me. So I thought I'd write down the answers to these questions.   I am of Arab descent, from Egypt. Be Egyptian by birth and by education. My mother tongue is Arabic. Urdu is my acquired language. Early in my education, I wanted to enter the medical faculty to fulfill my father's wish. But at that time I could not get the required number for admission in medical. Then I enrolled in the Department of Urdu at Ain Shams University, Faculty of Arts. I started studying Urdu.   Although I had no background in the language and had never heard of it before, becau...