![]() ![]() He then immigrated to the United States where he completed both his Master of Arts and Ph.D. While in Beirut, El-Hage studied with and was influenced by poets like Buland al-Haidari and Khalil Hawi. in Arabic Literature from the Lebanese University in Beirut, Lebanon. El-Hage completed his elementary and secondary school education in Lebanon. His father was Nicolas Iskandar El-Hage and his mother was Martha Abounader El-Hage. He was born in Mansourieh El-Metn, Lebanon in 1952. is a Lebanese-American poet, professor, linguist, administrator and writer. I also know that getting involved in a relationship with a beautiful woman in my country is like getting involved in a smuggling operation. and that he who touches a woman's hand is like one who touches a burning coal. that even choosing women as a topic of discussion is in itself a taboo. and even those who slaughter me wrongly.I do understand that choosing women as a primary subject matter for poetry is a difficult choice. there are those who still read me wrongly. that I am the most widely read poet from the Gulf to the Ocean.I continue to feel that I am also the saddest poet from the Gulf to the Ocean.I still feel that out there. After forty years of wandering across the regions of poetry and women.I feel that my image in people's minds is still cloudy, confused, and veiled with colors that are blended and intermingled. hoping to replace it with a more modern image and also more humane. ![]() is simply an attempt to correct the old picture that has been engraved in people's memory about me. and excerpts from TV interviews concerning the topic of women. In Nizar Qabbani's own words: "This book in which I have collected some of my dialogues with the press. ![]()
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