Department of Arabic Language at the College of Education for Girls Holds a Cultural Seminar on the 99th Anniversary of the Birth of Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab

Department of Arabic Language at the College of Education for Girls Holds a Cultural Seminar on the 99th Anniversary of the Birth of Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab.

Under the patronage of the President of the University of Shatrah, Prof. Dr. Basim Abdul-Hussein Jarallah,

and under the supervision of the Dean of the College of Education for Girls, Prof. Dr. Afrah Abd Maktouf Al-Ghazi,

the Department of Arabic Language at the College of Education for Girls / University of Shatrah held a cultural seminar on the ninety-ninth anniversary of the birth of the pioneer of Arabic free verse in Iraq, the poet Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab.

The themes of the seminar were presented by:

Asst. Prof. Dr. Hazim Hashim Mankhi and Lecturer Dr. Faiq Nima Al-Ibrahimi,

The seminar included a scholarly presentation of Al-Sayyab's influence in shaping modern Arabic poetics, shedding light on the transformations that Iraqi poetry witnessed after his pioneering experience and the modernist foundations he laid, which remain active in the Arabic poetic scene.

The seminar was attended by the Head of the Department of Arabic Language, a number of the Department's professors and a group of students, and included scholarly contributions, cultural participations and selected readings from Al-Sayyab's poetry, which affirmed his literary standing, his cultural role in Iraq's pioneering of the contemporary Arabic poem, and the depth of his national and human experience.

This seminar is part of the activities of the Department of Arabic Language aimed at reviving Iraqi cultural symbols, enhancing the students' literary awareness and connecting them with the authentic national cultural heritage.

College of Education for Girls / University of Shatrah

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