His second wife, Balqis al-Rawi, an Iraqi teacher whom he had met at a poetry recital in Baghdad, was killed in a bomb attack by pro-Iranian guerrillas in Beirut, where she was working for the cultural section of the Iraqi Ministry. One couplet in particular - "O Sultan, my master, if my clothes are ripped and torn it is because your dogs with claws are allowed to tear me" - is sometimes quoted by Arabs as a kind of wry shorthand for their frustration with life under dictatorship.
Qabbani's later poems included a strong strain of anti-authoritarianism. His writing also often fused themes of romantic and political despair.
Qabbani was a committed Arab nationalist and in recent years his poetry and other writings, including essays and journalism, had become more political. He had lived in London since 1967 but the Syrian capital remained a powerful presence in his poems, most notably in "The Jasmine Scent of Damascus." After the Arab defeat in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, he founded the Nizar Qabbani publishing house in London, and his became a powerful and eloquent voice of lament for Arab causes. Thereafter, he expressed resentment of male chauvinism and often wrote from a woman's viewpoint and advocated social freedoms for women. The suicide of his sister, who was unwilling to marry a man she did not love, had a profound effect on Qabbani. He earned a reputation for daring with the publication in 1954 of his first volume of verse, "Childhood of a Breast," whose erotic and romantic themes broke from the conservative traditions of Arab literature. Through a lifetime of writing, Qabbani made women his main theme and inspiration. Besides running his own publishing house, Qabbani wrote over 50 volumes of his own. The selected poem for Nizar Qabbani reflects love and sorrow of remaining partner. But in this poem, Balqis is the Poets spouse. This poem, however, dedicated to Balqis, a famous female Yemini name with King Solomon. An Arab nationalist at heart and a Nasserist. Nizar Qabbani, the best Modern Arab poet deals with women and love affairs. Syrian diplomat, poet, essayist and playwright, one of the most popular love poets in the Arab world. Damascus: Today marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of legendary Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani, who died at a London hospital, aged 75, back in 1998. His work was featured not only in his two dozen volumes of poetry and in regular contributions to the Arabic-language newspaper Al Hayat, but in lyrics sung by Lebanese and Syrian vocalists who helped popularize his work. Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998), also: Nizar Kabbani. Nizar Qabbani is an Arab poet of Syrian origin, who died in London in 1998 at the. Qabbani was revered by generations of Arabs for his sensual and romantic verse. Women are unique figures, so it is of little wonder that many works in.
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