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The text of this site, which appears in a few other locations on the web, includes a brief biographical overview of the author and a list of selected works. It discusses al-Bayyati's poetry in the context of his life, giving examples of poems influenced both by his politics, his separation from his
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The author interviews al-Bayyati, who discusses with great feeling his ideas on the craft of writing, on religion, on women and on the politics that have shaped his life. This interview offers a charming glimpse of al-Bayatti's character, wit and personality. An extended obituary for al-Bayyati is
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Ahmed Abdel-Moeti Hegazi remembers al-Bayyati. This is an in-depth look at the poet from the perspective of a friend who had been acquainted with him for many years. It offers a fresh and enthralling view of al-Bayyati, and is by far the most personal article we have come across. This is the only
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A BBC special in honor of
Remembrance Sunday, BBC World services correspondent Lawrence Pollard examines the ways that war inspires poets and writers the world over. The sit includes an extract from "Lament for the June Sun" by al-Bayyati with
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eloquently describes seeing al-Bayyati read his poetry at a conference of Near
Eastern poets, and reviews the book Iraqi Poetry Today. His review also offers an abridged historical commentary on the work of several poets included in the
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Ryding, Karin C. - "A Reference
Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic", Page 88, Section 5, "Nouns of intensity, repetition, profession", Cambridge University Press, © Karin C. Ryding 2005
132:(1971): "In this context Al-Bayati’s poetry becomes Sufi in default, since he assumes the position as a modernist whose aspirations for an earthy paradise have not materialized."
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An overview of al-Bayyati's life and poetry, written following his death. Unfortunately, membership to the site must be obtained to access the full text.
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This article examines work by modern Arabic poets in terms of historical and political events. It includes al-Bayyati's "Elegy to Aisha" with commentary.
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Rizk, Kahali
Shukrallah. The Poetry of ‘Abd Al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati: thematic and stylistic study, Dissertation (Ph. D), Indiana University: 1981.
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Al-Bayati was influenced by the Middle
Eastern Sufi figures. One example is a poem by Al-Bayati entitled "A’isha's Mad Lover" in his book,
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Al-Musawi, M. (2009). Islam on the Street: Religion in Modern Arabic
Literature. Toronto: Bowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., p. 211.
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example we have found of someone writing about al-Bayatti the man rather than al-Bayatii the poet. The site also includes a biography.
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This site is an archived BBC article on the military coup d'état in 1958 that allowed al-Bayyati to briefly return to Iraq.
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Transformations of Aisha: Aisha's Birth and Death in the
Magical Rituals Inscribed in Cuneiform on the Nineveh Tablets
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Salama, Mohammad R. "The Mise-en-Scene of ‘Writintg’ in al-Bayati's Al-Kitabah ‘ala al-tin ‘Writing on the Mud’."
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Azouqa, Aida. "Defamiliarization in the Poetry of ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati and T.S. Eliot: a comparative study."
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A short poem and drawing in memory of al-Bayyati by celebrated
Egyptian artist and cartoonist George Bahgory.
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Stetkevych, Suzanne
Pinckney. "Perhaps a Poet is Born, or Dies: the poetics of ‘Abd al—Wahhab al- Bayyati."
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Abdul Wahab al-Bayati, 1979 (a short introduction and four poems, trans. Desmond
Stewart and George Masri)
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Salma Khadra Jayyusi, ed. Modern Arabic Poetry: An Anthology. New York: Columbia University Press, 1987
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Abdullah al-Udhari, ed. and trans. Modern Poetry of the Arab World. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1986.
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Noorani, Yaseen "Visual Modernism in the Poetry of ‘Abd al-al-Wahhab al-Bayati."
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Al-Bahr Ba'id, Asma'uh Yatanahhud (The Sea is Distant, I Hear It Sighing), 1998
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Musawi, Muhsin Jasim. "Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati’s Poetics of Exile."
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Musawi, Muhsin Jasim. "Engaging Tradition in Modern Arab Poetics."
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Anthologies with works by Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati and other poets
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Issue No. 442 (12–18 August 1999). Retrieved on 4 May 2005
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The Singer and the Moon, 1976 (trans. Abdullah al-Udhari)
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Love, Death, and Exile, 1990 (trans. Bassam K. Frangieh)
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al-Bayyati:A Great Innovator in the Language of Poetry
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197:Qasaid hubb 'ala bawwabat al-'alam al-sab, 1971
152:Risala ila Hazim Hikmet wa quas'aid ukhra, 1956
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