Nizar QabbaniNizār Qabbānī, mutanāthiran ka-rīsh al-ʻaṣāfīr ---
Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani (Arabic Profile: نزار قباني) was a Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism. Qabbani is one of the most revered contemporary poets in the Arab world, and is considered to be Syria's National Poet.When Qabbani was 15, his sister, who was 25 at the time, committed suicide because she refused to marry a man she did not love. During her funeral he decided to fight the social conditions he saw as causing her death.
