1/2/2023 0 Comments Nizar qabbani poems onj grief![]() Qabbani, who had previously written some nationalist poetry but was still primarily known for his love poems, was one of the first Arab poets to give voice to the bitter feelings emanating from the defeat. ![]() One year later, the defeat of the Arab armies in the 1967 June War with Israel dealt a cataclysmic blow to Arab aspirations and set the Arab peoples on a course of estrangement from their ruling regimes, which had promised the liberation of Palestine, but had shown themselves unable to defend even the national territories of Egypt, Syria and Jordan, which now fell under Israeli occupation. In 1966 he retired from the diplomatic service and settled in Beirut, where he founded his own publishing house. This wide experience endowed both his poetry and his personality with a cosmopolitan aura that contributed to his immense appeal, both as a poet and as a man of the world. Through the voices of legendary singers such as Um Kalthoum, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Fairouz and Abdel-Halim Hafez, Qabbani's poetry moved all Arab listeners.ĭuring the same period Qabbani's work as a diplomat - he joined the Syrian diplomatic service after graduating from law school in 1945 - took him to many parts of the world, including Turkey, Britain, China and Spain. His daring love poems, and the simple yet eloquent style in which his poems were written, prompted many Arab singers to want to sing his words. In the period between the early 1950 and mid-1960s, Qabbani became perhaps the most popular Arab poet, especially among young people. This shocked many conservative Arabs and led to the banning of some of his early books. His lyrical, playful poetry of the 40s and 50s, epitomised by collections such as Childhood of a Breast (1948), You Are Mine (1950), Poems(1956) and My Beloved (1961), typically dealt with love themes interwoven with a mild streak of eroticism. ![]() Qabbani began writing poetry in the 1940s while still a law student in Damascus. ![]() Though they belonged to different generations - and had very different literary sensibilities - these two poets shared certain things: many of their poems have strong political overtones and the popularity of their poems has meant that they are still widely read and quoted from today. Literary circles in the Arab world last week commemorated the tenth anniversary of the death of the Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998), and this month marks 25 years since the death of the Egyptian poet Amal Donqol (1940-1983). Mona Anis Published in Al-Ahram Weekly on 08 - 05 - 2008Ĭommemorating the anniversaries of the deaths of two great Arab poets, Mona Anis investigates the contemporary role of the poet ![]()
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