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Nizar Qabbani

WHO IS THE P OET ? ! • Nizar qabbani is a Syrian poet , He borned in 21 -3 -1923 , he is from an old Damascene Family , he studied rights in Syrian university, he worked as diplomatic in 1945 , in his poetic career he wrote political , romantic and national poems.

• Nizar faced many tragedies in his life , including the suicide of his sister as he was child , and the death of his wife Balqis during a suicide bombing in Beirut leading to the death of his son Tawfiq , in 1997 Qabbani was very sick and afew months ago hr died in april 30 – 1998 at the age of 75 in London.

• What is your favorite poem of this p Thank you. For killing my Balqis Go, have a drink, On the martyr’s grave’s brink. My poem is assassinated. For no nation but ours Has such powers! Balqis …Was the most beautiful of Babel queens. . Balqis …Was the tallest of all Iraqi palm trees. She gracefully walks As if followed by Oryx and peacocks.

Balqis Alrawi

Why I like Balqis poem ? ! &I like it very much because its full of Feelings and emotions. &also because its describe how was Nizar love Balqis very much and how he be sad after she died. &Its include a honest feelings of love. &The best thing that Nizar spoke about Arab nation in Boldly and openly.

• How might this poet work inspire the arab world ? ! Nizar Qabbani was very popular in Arab world , and many singers from different times sang his poems , starting from Umm kalthom and Abd-Alhaleem , through fayzeh Ahmad , ending with Asalah Nasri and Kazem

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Done By: Reem Alkhatib 11 SC