![]() “Nizzar Qabbani viewed women as an image of aīeautiful being, a woman who’s only role is a lover in his poems. To explore female femininity, but he has been criticized for focusing on the beauty of womenĪnd female body and ignoring her identity. Poetry, Childhood of a Breast (1954) has established his reputation as a poet who is not afraid Though he is considered aįeminist poet and a fighter for women’s liberation, and his second collection of Qabbani’s second collection, written from a woman’s viewpoint, aroused women to fightĪgainst gender discrimination and to stand up for their social rights. Slowly coped with his crisis of losing his beloved Balqees (AlKhalil,2016, pp.276-277). ![]() Tragic death, Qabbani’s heart condition worsened as he had a successful bypass surgery and With a famous poem with her name ‘Balqees’” ( Jaara, 2019, n.p).Īll of these conflicts shaped Qabbani’s personal worldview. The Lebanese Civil War, “Her death left a psychological impact on Nizar and he mourned her Of his beloved wife, Balqees, in 1982 by bomb attack on the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut during His oldest son, Tawfiq Qabbani, who died of a heart attack at the age of 22, and finally the loss Soul, sense and body with my poetry” (Mohammad, 2017, n.p). ![]() “Love in the Arab world is like a prisoner, and I want to set free. Women and he referred to his sister as the martyr of love. Influenced Qabbani to speak out against Arab traditions, social regulations and attitudes toward Who committed suicide as she refused a loveless marriage. Qabbani went through many of life crisis starting early at age 15 when he lost his sister His life outside of the MiddleĮast has enabled him to express himself openly, free of his cultural restrictions and regulations. Qabbani started his diplomatic career after his graduation, which enabled him to travel toĪnd live in different places such as, Madrid, London and China. Woman’s body, sending shock waves throughout the conservative society in Damascus” (Jaara, “It was a collection of romantic verses that made several startling references to a Language in addition to Qabbani stepping into the world of the taboo by writing aboutįemininity. The collection attracted young readers for it as it is written in the common ![]() Started writing poetry and published his first romantic collection of poems entitled The Brunette ![]() University of Damascus from where he finished a law degree. Qabbani was born in 1923 in Damascus to a middle-class family. ![]()
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