Tawfiq Jirjis Al-Yaziji was an author and poet from Marmarita, Homs in Syria. After pursuing his studies in Arabic literature at the American University in Beirut, Al-Yaziji went on to work at the General Organization for the Investment and Development of the Euphrates Basin. His most notable poems include Ibnat Al-Fosoul (The Daughter of Seasons), Kasa’id min Al-Adab Al-Ajnabi (Poems of Foreign Literature), Nida’ Al-‘Om (The Mother’s Call), Batal Al-Nidal (The Hero of Struggle) and the collection entitled Marhala Wa Ajwa’ (Phase and Atmospheres).