Nazik Almalaika, the Iraqi poetess who pioneered the free-style form of Arabic poetry, Nathr, predominant in 20th century literature, passed away today at the age of 85.
To my delight, I just learned that Nazik was a fellow Badger her self, earning a masters in comparative literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1956. That was not Almalaika’s first trip to the US; in 1952, she won a scholarship to study at Princeton, where she became, by some accounts, the first female to attend that university.
An autobiography of hers can be read here, and here is a review of her latest published collection of poems, Youghiyar Alouanah Al-Bahr (The sea changes its colours), 1999.
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Haha,
I love the way you kabobers are fucking with craig's head...
Deliberately obtuse people always "fuck with my head", anonymous. I can't figure out what their purpose for existing is :O
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Allah yer7amha ...thanks for the post Fayyad,I'm glad that the new generation still knows nazek elmal2keh.
أنا من أكون ؟
الريحُ تسألُ مَنْ أنا
أنا روحُهَا الحيرانُ أنكرني الزمانْ
أنا مثلها في لا مكان
نبقى نسيرُ ولا انتهاءْ
نبقى نمرُّ ولا بقاءْ
فإذا بلغنا المُنْحَنَى
خلناهُ خاتمةَ الشقاءْ
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