politics and outlook alienated him from some conservative trends in the Arab world, awash in "blood oil" or religious extremism.Youth by the millions in every Arab country, and each generation since his fame and liberal spirit spread, still compose their declarations of love and new life in the light of Nizar Qabbani's poetry.
The unnamed verse below, written in 1970, seems as if it could have been written yesterday in half a dozen nations--and in some U.S. states as well.
from People's World: Poem of the Week: Nizar Qabbani's "The Old World is Dead"
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