Publication Date:
Thu, 2002-04-25 03:00
No people in the world manifest such enthusiastic admiration for literary expression and are so moved by the word, spoken or written, as the Arabs,” wrote Philip K Hitti in “History of the Arabs.”
Even today, poetry speaks to the hearts and souls of Arabs.
The Palestinians have used poetry to express their anger and grief at the occupation. Poetry has become a political tool to rage against those responsible for the oppression in Palestine and to unite Palestinians in the Intifada.
To understand Palestinian poetry it is necessary to first learn about the structure of Arabic verse.
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