Egypt inspired and shaped the poetry of Sheikh Amine as he was directly exposed to both Egyptian and Lebanese writers staying in the Nile Valley.[9] Among writers and poets he knew were Ahmad Chawki, Hafez Ibrahim, Waliyeddine Yakan, Ismail Sabri, Mahmoud Sami Al Baroudi, Daoud Barakat, Khalil Moutran, Salim Sarkis, Jurji Zaydan,Chibli Mallat, Chibli Chemayel, Imam Mohamad Al Abd, and other icons of poetry and literature. Not only that, but he fraternized with them as pen fellows.[2]