Daraa-Sana
The activities of the Abu Tammam Poetry Festival, in its seventh edition, were launched today in the hall of the Arab Cultural Center in the city of Daraa, to celebrate this well-known poet and who had a prominent place among the poets of his time.
A group of Syrian poets from different governorates participated in the activities of the first day and recited poems that varied between spinning, pride and conscience, and some poems were not free of relying on the distinctive poetic heritage of Abu Tammam.
The festival, which was inaugurated with dances of heritage presented by the Daraa Folklore Band for Folklore, was reported by the poet Ibrahim Abbas Yassin, head of the Arab Writers Union branch, that its establishment at this time confirms that the city of Daraa has begun to recover and that his return to life after a hiatus for years is a victory for life in the face of death because our war did not It was not only military, it was a war of word, and the festival, in its opinion, was a response to dark forces that committed crimes against creators and did not spare them statues of poets and writers.
Poet Ahlam Benawi, who is participating for the third time in the festival since 2018, expressed her happiness to participate in a festival celebrating the poet Abi Tamam Ibn Jassim, especially after she saw how the city of Daraa began to recover and clear the dust of war, indicating that her participation today is a quenching of the sword poem is true News from books.
Poet Helena Atallah, who expressed her pride in participating in this festival that honors one of the great Syrian poets, participated with two poems, one of which is a message to the homeland and the second is a message of love for the people of the country, indicating that she did not stop participating in this festival except when it stopped during the years of war.
The poet Abu Tamam is Habib bin Aws al-Ta'i, who was born in the city of Jassim, from which the festival was launched, which bore his name, and he is one of the most prominent poets of the Abbasid era. He left behind about 513 different poems and died in 231 AH in the Iraqi city of Mosul and was buried there.
It is noteworthy that the festival will continue until Thursday the 12th of this month, when its activities will be held in the cities of Al-Sanamayn and Izraa, respectively.
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