Background
Abed Elrahim was born in the small village of Tangassi El-soeq in Northern, Sudan, close to Meroë town (which is different from the historical Meroë).
Abed Elrahim was born in the small village of Tangassi El-soeq in Northern, Sudan, close to Meroë town (which is different from the historical Meroë).
He also attended secondary school in Khorr Taqatt Secondary School in North Kurdufan State, Western Sudan.
He got his primary education in his homeland, but he went to Kosti in White Nile State for his intermediate education. In 1971, he received a degree in Bilingual Arabic-Russian translation. He worked as the secretary-editor (1976–1978) and supervisor in the Sudanese Culture Magazine by Arabic First Rate (at Lloyd's)-thaqaaffa El-ssoddaneia (الثقافة السودانية), which was published in Khartoum (it"s stopped for more than two decades ago), he worked as a temporary lecturer in Khartoum University in the art faculty.
Abed Elrahim awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy of Language from Academy of Science in Moscow in 1987.
Abed Elrahim is regarded by critics as one of the prominent poets of Sudan, mostly known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s. He died in Moscow in 16 of October 1989 after burning most of his poetry.
His only published poetry was in the 1960s-1970s in many local magazines, as well as the Arab World Magazine.