Nizār Qabbānī
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"Nizar Kabbani's poetry has been described as "more powerful than all the Arab regimes put together" (Lebanese Daily Star). 'Arabian Love Poems' is the first English-language collection of his work. Kabbani was a poet of great simplicity - direct, spontaneous, musical, using the language of everyday life. He was a ceaseless campaigner for women's rights, and his verses praise the beauty of the female body, and of love. He was an Arab nationalist,...