Tunisia Banknotes 30 Dinars banknote 1997 Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
Central Bank of Tunisia - Banque Centrale de Tunisie
Commemorative note of the 10th anniversary of the change operated 7 November 1987.
Obverse: Portrait of the Tunisian poet Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909-1934); Achievements: Tunisia National Institute of Applied Sciences; Planetarium of the City of sciences and some important achievements in the field of infrastructure. The note denomination is indicated in arabic figures and letters.
Reverse: Some projects financed by the National Solidarity Fund "26-26": providing the poor areas with water and electricity and promoting small projects in agriculture, small trade and handicrafts;
Watermark: Portrait of Abou El Kacem Chebbi.
Original Size: 161 x 79 mm.
Tunisia Banknotes - Tunisia Paper Money
1992-1997 Issue
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (24 February 1909 - 9 October 1934) was a Tunisian poet. He is probably best known for writing the final two verses of the current National Anthem of Tunisia, Humat al-Hima (Defenders of the Homeland), that was written originally by the Egyptian poet Mustafa Sadik el-Rafii.
Echebbi was born in Tozeur, Tunisia, on 24 February 1909, the son of a judge. He obtained his attatoui diploma (the equivalent of the baccalauréat) in 1928. In 1930, he obtained a law diploma from the University of Ez-Zitouna. The same year, he married and subsequently had two sons, Mohamed Sadok, who became a colonel in the Tunisian army, and Jelal, who later became an engineer.
He was very interested in modern literature in particular, and translated romantic literature, as well as old Arab literature. His poetic talent manifested itself at an early age and this poetry covered numerous topics, from the description of nature to patriotism. His poems appeared in the most prestigious Tunisian and Middle-Eastern reviews. His poem To the tyrants of the world became a popular slogan chant during the 2011 Tunisian and subsequently Egyptian demonstrations. Echebbi died on 9 October 1934 at the Habib-Thameur Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia following a long history of cardiac disorders. His portrait is on the current 30 DT note. Echebbi was considered by later Egyptian literary critic Shawqi Daif to be among the very finest Arabic poets of the modern era.