{"id":6811,"date":"2018-04-30T05:48:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T05:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/?p=6811"},"modified":"2018-04-30T05:51:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T05:51:02","slug":"30420186","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Nizar Qabbani  Iconic poet and Arab nationalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Today marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of legendary Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani, who died at a London hospital, aged 75, back in 1998.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">An Arab nationalist at heart and a Nasserist, he was always critical of military dictatorships and firmly opposed to any peace with Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">During a prolific career that started in 1943 and lasted until his death, he often made indirect reference to Arab presidents and kings in his poetic verse, mocking their incompetence, corruption, and submissiveness to the United States.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He was outspokenly critical of Anwar Al Sadat of Egypt and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for their respective peace deals with Israel, only praising one Arab leader by name, being Jamal Abdul Nasser.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Thirteen years after his death, during the early stages of the Arab Spring, his revolutionary poetry inspired millions of young people in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and then in his native Damascus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWhen will you go away\u201d wrote Nizar back in 1967, addressing Arab kings and presidents.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe theatre has collapsed over your heads and the audience is cussing and spitting at you.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Those were among the thousands of verses that young Arabs printed on their secret pamphlets in 2011, calling for street demonstrations throughout Arab capitals. In another popular poem, eulogised after the Arab Spring, Nizar wrote: \u201cTwenty years have gone by, while civilisations have passed right over over our heads. Twenty years have passed and we are living in marble-made coffins, pledging allegiance to any general who seizes power and licking the shoes of any regime!\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In a 1989 poem, entitled \u201cDailies of an Arab Executioner\u201d Nizar wrote: \u201cI am the omnipotent, the most wise and beautiful. Since I came to power as a young man, nobody has ever said no to me. Neither my ministers nor advisers said no; they taught me how to see myself as a God and to look down on the people as sand from my window. Forgive me if I have killed you all. I kill so that you don\u2019t kill me and I burry you in that collective jail so that you don\u2019t jail me.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">That poem, where Nizar speaks in the first person of an Arab leader (without naming him), he adds: \u201cBe silent when I address you, for my words are like the Holy Quran.\u201d It was banned in Iraq, Libya, Egypt, and Syria.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Other notable themes of Nizar Qabbani\u2019s poetry were love, lust, and his native Damascus, a city that was abundantly eulogised in all his works.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He wrote extensively about the fabled beauty of Damascus\u2014a beauty that has now long passed, after years of negligence, war, corruption, and bad government.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">So popular was Nizar that his funeral was a historic moment in Damascus\u2019 history, where thousands of mourners carried him shoulder-high, draped with the Syrian Flag, chanting praise of their poet.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Fans continue to see Nizar\u2019s works as the bible of their passion, making reference to it daily in all their articles, lectures, and books about the city\u2014realising, however, that the Damascus that Nizar knew and talked about no longer exists.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He also wrote notably about Beirut, Cairo, and Jerusalem, but Damascus continued to be the apple of his eye, occupying an all-time favorite position in his heart.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He once wrote: \u201cThe pigeons of Italy don\u2019t match those of the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus, and Buckingham Palace to me doesn\u2019t match the Azm Palace of Damascus, and nor does that tomb of Napoleon in France match that of Saladin in Damascus.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Many Syrians ask themselves what Qabbani\u2019s position would be on the Syrian conflict.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Qabbani was a staunch opponent of the Baath Party that has ruled Syria since 1963 but he also held equal disdain for Islamists and the US.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In as much as he would have hailed democracy advocates in Syria and the Arab World, Qabbani would have had a hard time digesting western ambitions in Syria or Islamist rebels shelling his beloved Damascus.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Nourallah Qaddura, a Dubai-based ophthalmologist and poet, told Gulf News: \u201cNizar was never a poet of ideology, but rather, the poet of victims\u2014whomever they may be and wherever they may stand. He was also against the torturer, whoever that torturer was.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThere are many proofs of Nizar Qabbani\u2019s genius, the most basic of which was the bravery of his topics, while the most important was his method. He did not live in an ivory tower, like other poets and intellectuals. Based on that unique mix, ease and quality, he was able to occupy first place in the consciousness of his readers, being simply, Nizar Qabbani.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of legendary Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani, who died at a London hospital, aged 75, back in 1998. An Arab nationalist at heart and a Nasserist, he was always critical of military dictatorships and firmly opposed to any peace with Israel. During a prolific career that started in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both'><\/div><div  class='the_champ_sharing_container the_champ_horizontal_sharing' data-super-socializer-href=\"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/\"><div class='the_champ_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\" ><\/div><div class=\"the_champ_sharing_ul\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"the_champ_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2HFxhLF\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:24px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\"><span class=\"the_champ_svg\" style=\"background-color:#0765FE;width:50px;height:50px;border-radius:999px;display:inline-block;opacity:1;float:left;font-size:24px;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;font-size:16px;padding:0 4px;vertical-align:middle;background-repeat:repeat;overflow:hidden;padding:0;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:content-box\"><svg style=\"display:block;border-radius:999px;float:left;\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M28 16c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12S4 9.373 4 16c0 5.628 3.875 10.35 9.101 11.647v-7.98h-2.474V16H13.1v-1.58c0-4.085 1.849-5.978 5.859-5.978.76 0 2.072.15 2.608.298v3.325c-.283-.03-.775-.045-1.386-.045-1.967 0-2.728.745-2.728 2.683V16h3.92l-.673 3.667h-3.247v8.245C23.395 27.195 28 22.135 28 16Z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"the_champ_square_count the_champ_facebook_count\" style=\"visibility:visible;display:block;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/a><a aria-label=\"Twitter\" class=\"the_champ_button_twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=alowaiscf&text=Remembering%20Nizar%20Qabbani%20%20Iconic%20poet%20and%20Arab%20nationalist&url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2HFxhLF\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:24px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\"><span class=\"the_champ_svg the_champ_s__default the_champ_s_twitter\" style=\"background-color:#55acee;width:50px;height:50px;border-radius:999px;display:inline-block;opacity:1;float:left;font-size:24px;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;font-size:16px;padding:0 4px;vertical-align:middle;background-repeat:repeat;overflow:hidden;padding:0;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:content-box\"><svg style=\"display:block;border-radius:999px;\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"-4 -4 39 39\"><path d=\"M28 8.557a9.913 9.913 0 0 1-2.828.775 4.93 4.93 0 0 0 2.166-2.725 9.738 9.738 0 0 1-3.13 1.194 4.92 4.92 0 0 0-3.593-1.55 4.924 4.924 0 0 0-4.794 6.049c-4.09-.21-7.72-2.17-10.15-5.15a4.942 4.942 0 0 0-.665 2.477c0 1.71.87 3.214 2.19 4.1a4.968 4.968 0 0 1-2.23-.616v.06c0 2.39 1.7 4.38 3.952 4.83-.414.115-.85.174-1.297.174-.318 0-.626-.03-.928-.086a4.935 4.935 0 0 0 4.6 3.42 9.893 9.893 0 0 1-6.114 2.107c-.398 0-.79-.023-1.175-.068a13.953 13.953 0 0 0 7.55 2.213c9.056 0 14.01-7.507 14.01-14.013 0-.213-.005-.426-.015-.637.96-.695 1.795-1.56 2.455-2.55z\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"the_champ_square_count the_champ_twitter_count\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/a><a aria-label=\"Whatsapp\" class=\"the_champ_whatsapp\" href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=Remembering%20Nizar%20Qabbani%20%20Iconic%20poet%20and%20Arab%20nationalist https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2HFxhLF\" title=\"Whatsapp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:24px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\"><span class=\"the_champ_svg\" style=\"background-color:#55eb4c;width:50px;height:50px;border-radius:999px;display:inline-block;opacity:1;float:left;font-size:24px;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;font-size:16px;padding:0 4px;vertical-align:middle;background-repeat:repeat;overflow:hidden;padding:0;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:content-box\"><svg style=\"display:block;border-radius:999px;\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"-6 -5 40 40\"><path class=\"the_champ_svg_stroke the_champ_no_fill\" stroke=\"#fff\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" d=\"M 11.579798566743314 24.396926207859085 A 10 10 0 1 0 6.808479557110079 20.73576436351046\"><\/path><path d=\"M 7 19 l -1 6 l 6 -1\" class=\"the_champ_no_fill the_champ_svg_stroke\" stroke=\"#fff\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><path d=\"M 10 10 q -1 8 8 11 c 5 -1 0 -6 -1 -3 q -4 -3 -5 -5 c 4 -2 -1 -5 -1 -4\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"the_champ_square_count the_champ_whatsapp_count\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/a><a aria-label=\"Instagram\" class=\"the_champ_button_instagram\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alowaiscf\" title=\"Instagram\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:24px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\"><span class=\"the_champ_svg\" style=\"background-color:#53beee;width:50px;height:50px;border-radius:999px;display:inline-block;opacity:1;float:left;font-size:24px;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;font-size:16px;padding:0 4px;vertical-align:middle;background-repeat:repeat;overflow:hidden;padding:0;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:content-box\"><svg style=\"display:block;border-radius:999px;\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"-10 -10 148 148\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" xml:space=\"preserve\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><g><g><path d=\"M86,112H42c-14.336,0-26-11.663-26-26V42c0-14.337,11.664-26,26-26h44c14.337,0,26,11.663,26,26v44 C112,100.337,100.337,112,86,112z M42,24c-9.925,0-18,8.074-18,18v44c0,9.925,8.075,18,18,18h44c9.926,0,18-8.075,18-18V42 c0-9.926-8.074-18-18-18H42z\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/g><g><path d=\"M64,88c-13.234,0-24-10.767-24-24c0-13.234,10.766-24,24-24s24,10.766,24,24C88,77.233,77.234,88,64,88z M64,48c-8.822,0-16,7.178-16,16s7.178,16,16,16c8.822,0,16-7.178,16-16S72.822,48,64,48z\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/g><g><circle cx=\"89.5\" cy=\"38.5\" fill=\"#fff\" r=\"5.5\"><\/circle><\/g><\/g><\/svg><span class=\"the_champ_square_count the_champ_instagram_count\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"the_champ_more\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"font-size:24px!important;border:0;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block!important;font-size:16px;padding:0 4px;vertical-align: middle;display:inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2HFxhLF\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\"><span class=\"the_champ_square_count\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"the_champ_svg\" style=\"background-color:#ee8e2d;width:50px;height:50px;border-radius:999px;display:inline-block!important;opacity:1;float:left;font-size:32px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;font-size:16px;padding:0 4px;vertical-align:middle;display:inline;background-repeat:repeat;overflow:hidden;padding:0;cursor:pointer;box-sizing:content-box;\" onclick=\"theChampMoreSharingPopup(this, 'https:\/\/bit.ly\/2HFxhLF', 'Remembering%20Nizar%20Qabbani%20%20Iconic%20poet%20and%20Arab%20nationalist', '' )\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" viewBox=\"-.3 0 32 32\" version=\"1.1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" style=\"display:block;border-radius:999px;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M18 14V8h-4v6H8v4h6v6h4v-6h6v-4h-6z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span><\/a><a style=\"font-size:24px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block!important;font-size: 16px;padding: 0 4px;vertical-align:middle;display:inline;\" class=\"theChampSharingRound\"><span class=\"the_champ_square_count\">&nbsp;<\/span><div style=\"width:50px;height:50px;border-radius:999px;margin-left:9px !important;visibility:visible;\" title=\"Total Shares\" class=\"theChampSharing theChampTCBackground\"><div class=\"theChampTotalShareCount\" style=\"font-size:31px\">2<\/div><div class=\"theChampTotalShareText\" style=\"font-size: 19px\">Shares<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style='clear:both'><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"right-sidebar","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"sidebar","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"on","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"off","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[224],"class_list":["post-6811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultural-news","tag-gulf-news","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Remembering Nizar Qabbani Iconic poet and Arab nationalist - \u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remembering Nizar Qabbani Iconic poet and Arab nationalist - \u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of legendary Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani, who died at a London hospital, aged 75, back in 1998. An Arab nationalist at heart and a Nasserist, he was always critical of military dictatorships and firmly opposed to any peace with Israel. During a prolific career that started in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alowaiscf\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-30T05:48:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-04-30T05:51:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30420186n.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"412\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"262\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"feras\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@alowaiscf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@alowaiscf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"feras\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"feras\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6cdac74a21e30af65435d66569665142\"},\"headline\":\"Remembering Nizar Qabbani Iconic poet and Arab nationalist\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-30T05:48:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-30T05:51:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":772,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/30420186n.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"gulf news\"],\"articleSection\":[\"cultural news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/\",\"name\":\"Remembering Nizar Qabbani Iconic poet and Arab nationalist - \u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/30420186n.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-30T05:48:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-30T05:51:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/30420186n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/30420186n.jpg\",\"width\":412,\"height\":262},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/30420186\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Remembering Nizar Qabbani Iconic poet and Arab nationalist\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/cropped-logo2020-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/cropped-logo2020-1.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/alowaiscf\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/alowaiscf\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/alowaiscf\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCzbhIb7cH-aRIjuz0pQDqgQ\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bit.ly\\\/32WLzYc\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6cdac74a21e30af65435d66569665142\",\"name\":\"feras\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/00e385c73318e93176491704e056903459e91481da507d4ddc53d0086930ff99?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/00e385c73318e93176491704e056903459e91481da507d4ddc53d0086930ff99?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/00e385c73318e93176491704e056903459e91481da507d4ddc53d0086930ff99?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"feras\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alowais.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/feras\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Remembering Nizar Qabbani Iconic poet and Arab nationalist - \u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Remembering Nizar Qabbani Iconic poet and Arab nationalist - \u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629","og_description":"Today marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of legendary Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani, who died at a London hospital, aged 75, back in 1998. An Arab nationalist at heart and a Nasserist, he was always critical of military dictatorships and firmly opposed to any peace with Israel. During a prolific career that started in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/","og_site_name":"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alowaiscf","article_published_time":"2018-04-30T05:48:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-04-30T05:51:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":412,"height":262,"url":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30420186n.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"feras","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@alowaiscf","twitter_site":"@alowaiscf","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"feras","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/"},"author":{"name":"feras","@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6cdac74a21e30af65435d66569665142"},"headline":"Remembering Nizar Qabbani Iconic poet and Arab nationalist","datePublished":"2018-04-30T05:48:29+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-30T05:51:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/"},"wordCount":772,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30420186n.jpg","keywords":["gulf news"],"articleSection":["cultural news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/","url":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/","name":"Remembering Nizar Qabbani Iconic poet and Arab nationalist - \u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30420186n.jpg","datePublished":"2018-04-30T05:48:29+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-30T05:51:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30420186n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/30420186n.jpg","width":412,"height":262},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/30420186\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Remembering Nizar Qabbani Iconic poet and Arab nationalist"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/","name":"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629","url":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-logo2020-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-logo2020-1.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0629 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alowaiscf","https:\/\/x.com\/alowaiscf","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alowaiscf\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzbhIb7cH-aRIjuz0pQDqgQ","https:\/\/bit.ly\/32WLzYc"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6cdac74a21e30af65435d66569665142","name":"feras","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00e385c73318e93176491704e056903459e91481da507d4ddc53d0086930ff99?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00e385c73318e93176491704e056903459e91481da507d4ddc53d0086930ff99?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00e385c73318e93176491704e056903459e91481da507d4ddc53d0086930ff99?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"feras"},"url":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/author\/feras\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}