There are some names in the Arab world that have become synonymous with the region’s culture and history. Nizar Qabbani is one of them. But who was Qabbani and why is his legacy important? Qabbani was ...

Qabbani was an outspoken critic of Arab dictators whose poetry touched the hearts of millions Damascus: Today marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of legendary Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani, who died ...

Yadollah Goudarzi is the translator of the collections “Blue Inclined to Love”, and “Your Love Is a Green Bird”, which have been published by Gouya Publications in Tehran. "The most complete ...

Translator's note: Nizar Qabbani was the most popular and beloved Arab poet of the second half of the twentieth century. He was born in Damascus in 1923. He started out as a romantic poet, with daring ...

Every year, Arab scholars commemorate the 1981 assassination of Balqis al-Rawi, wife of poet Nizar Qabbani. He stopped writing about love - and the Arab world was never the same Portraits of Balqis al ...

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This piece by Samy Marwan Mobayed was first published by Raseef22, an Arabic media platform, on March 21, 2023. An edited version is republished here, under a content-sharing agreement. March 21 marks ...

HYDERABAD: Writers and intellectuals at the Khanabadosh Writers Cafe on Friday evening paid tribute to Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani for his iconoclastic views towards women in the Arab world. At the ...

Popular Iraqi singer Kazim al-Saher, called the Caesar of the Arab world, launched on Thursday his new album under the name "Raw'e Nizar Qabbani" (Nizar Qabbani's Masterpieces). The album includes 11 ...

Popular Iraqi singer Kazim al-Saher, called the Caesar of the Arab world, launched on Thursday his new album under the name "Raw'e Nizar Qabbani" (Nizar Qabbani's Masterpieces). The album includes 11 ...