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Qabbani as a youth. Nizar Qabbani was born in the Syrian capital of Damascus to a middle class merchant family. Qabbani was raised in Mi'thnah Al-Shahm, one of the neighborhoods of Old Damascus and studied at the National Scientific College School in Damascus between 1930 and 1941. [4]
Qareat El Fengan (Arabic: قارِئةُ الفِنجان; "The Fortune Teller", literally "The Coffee Cup Reader") [1] is a poem written by Nizar Qabbani and performed by Abdel Halim Hafez. He sang it for the first time in April 1976. The song is considered to be one of the classic Arabic songs, and one of the most notable Abdel Halim songs.
Qabbani, Nizar. On Entering the Sea: The Erotic and Other Poetry of Nizar Qabbani, translated by Lena Jayyusi and Sharif Elmusa. New York, NY: Interlink Books, 2013. Samman, Ghadah. The Night of the First Billion, translated by Nancy N. Roberts. 1st ed. Middle East Literature in Translation. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, 2005.
Nizar Qabbani. On Entering the Sea: The Erotic and Other Poetry of Nizar Qabbani. Interlink Books, 1996. Translated by Lena Jayyusi and Sharif Elmusa. Mûhammad Yûsuf Qu'ayyd. War in the Land of Egypt. London: Al-Saqi Books, 1986. Translated by Olive Kenny, Lorne Kenny and Christopher Tingley. Abû al-Qâsim Shâbbî. Mudhakkirât.
The most widely read in the contemporary Middle East, [55] Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani wrote during the 1950s and 1960s on social protest and politics, and even addressed less political themes in favour love poetry, but was regarded as a cultural icon and his poems provide the lyrics for many popular songs. [55]
Ajami first describes the history of Lebanon from 1920-1982 through the story of poet Khalil Hawi, who committed suicide following the 1982 Lebanon War.. The second chapter follows the careers of the Syrian poets Nizar Qabbani and Adunis, focusing on the socio-political developments in Syria that mirror the lives of Qabbani and Adonis.
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Abu Khalil Qabbani – playwright, "father of Syrian theatre" Nizar Qabbani – poet; Widad Sakakini (1913–1991) – writer and feminist; Fathallah Saqqal – lawyer, writer, government minister; Mona Simpson (born 1957) – Syrian American novelist and essayist; Muhammad al-Tunji – linguist, and author; received Indian Prize from UNESCO in ...