Poetry of Khalil Hawi

In his early childhood, Khalil Hawi lived an experience of loss, as he lost his little sister, Olivia, who died of a fever. He also felt, at the beginning of his life, injustice due to religious fanaticism... as well as being deprived of education, and forced to do humble manual labor, but he returned to school again, and showed... He excelled, and joined the American University of Beirut, studied Arabic literature, graduated in 1951 AD, and obtained a master's degree in 1955 AD for his thesis, "Reason and Faith between Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd." Then the university sent him to Cambridge in Britain to obtain a doctorate, where he stayed for three fruitful years, during which he delved into many topics. Aspects of thought and culture, and completed his doctoral thesis.
But this fertile period in the poet's life was marked by something that had the greatest impact on his psyche and on his health as well, as the poet was subjected to an assassination attempt by poisoning him, but he survived death, and continued to suffer excruciating pain throughout his life, and he suffered from severe epilepsy at varying periods until the end of his life. His age. This was due to his adoption of some communist ideas and his frustration due to his disappointment in the companions of this thought and the trivial conflicts in the field of work, and the inability to do something positive from his point of view. A clear impact was reflected in his poetry. Khalil Hawi left five collections of poetry, which are the focus of this research book.
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