Arabic Poetry

[Iman Abrahim]

Hi! My name is Iman, does anyone like Arabic poetry, Abdel Halim, Um Kalthoum? Nizzar Qabbany, Mahmoud Darwish, Khalil Gibran?

or would anyone like to trade poems and discuss about them?

[mercy_mankind]

Asslamu Alikum Iman:)
Welcome to the forum. Fore sure I like Arabic poetry, but i don't like any of those poets ( by the way Abdel Halim and Um Kalthoum are singers not poets, and i think that you want to mention Ahmad Rami, who wrote many songs for Um Kalthoum).
Anyway I think that this thread will help you.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37802

Welcome again. :)

[Pecksie]

I once read an anthology of Arab women poets by Nathalie Handal; some of the poems in it were very beautiful, I remember :)

I've also heard she's a good poet in her own right, although I haven't read her work...

[arabianstories]

Hello friends!! I think Translated Arabic Literature is good for the soul, and perhaps even more importantly, for the organ that helps you reconcile apparently disparate world views. Go directly to the source.

[khashan]

With Arabic poetry goes Arabic prosody.
Tackling this subject numerically reveals the distinguished marvelous structure of the Arabic poetry rhythm.
It proves beyond any doubt that this rhythm is a manifestation of a mathematical program automatically recognized by Arabs to the extent that a child senses it the way he feels hot or cold. That is the explanation of a child's response to his mother's song.

https://sites.google.com/site/alarood/_/rsrc/1450896282882/shapes/washaeg-dawaer.gif

The youtube and the following link lead to further information about the subject:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UVW1g2fa80

https://sites.google.com/site/alarood/r3/Home/daleel

They are in Arabic.

following two links are in English:

https://sites.google.com/site/alarood/r3/Home/comparative-metrics

http://arood.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=94

[VannesaSturges]

Once I heard about Antarah Ibn Shaddad, when I was stationed in Bahrain base. I liked the way he express things with simple words.