The way his sister's suicide deeply affected him, and led him to become an advocate for women's rights in the Middle East. Part of my love and appreciation for Nizar Qabbani comes from what I've heard about him as a person. Those poems about women are written in such a way that you just know he had nothing but respect and understanding and love for all women. It takes courage and a bit of poetic madness. Also it was not easy to write about women so freely in that time and place. (Which is also truly beautiful, with much passion) But also the world and feelings seen from their eyes. (+ It's always nice to fantasize about those poems being written for me haha.) And I think it's quite beautiful and inspiring how he writes about women, not just about their body etc. His poems are very lovely, sincere and it makes me love him as a person because of his work. The (sad) story about his life is very inspiring and is in a way consistent with the poems. I love how one page has the Arabic text (written with pen, by himself!!!!) and next to it is the translation.
Though in Arabic it's more intense, but because it's hard the English is really helpful and both made perfect. I was/still am struggling with the arab part but I've learned that they didn't lose meaning when translated in English. The (sad) story about his life is very inspiring and is in a way c 5 STARS! I love his poems. With a sheet made of summer stars.moreĥ STARS! I love his poems. * The birds of your eyes Come in flocks From the seaside Like words Flying out of the pages Of a blue noteb Better to be read when you are young and in love. * In the summer I stretch out on the shore And think of you Had I told the sea What I felt for you, It would have left its shores, Its shells, Its fish, And followed me. In it I want The rhythm of the rain, The dust of the moon, The sadness of the grey clouds, The pain of the fallen willow leaves Under the wheels of autumn. Better to be read when you are young and in love.
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