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Ghareeb
Apr 7, 06 - 1:29 PM |
Arab literary giant Mohammad al-Maghout dies
Syrian writer Mohammad al-Maghout, whose poems and plays fiercely criticized Arab regimes, died on Monday aged 72, the official news agency SANA said. Maghout's work combined satire with descriptions of social misery and malaise, illustrating what he viewed as an ethical decline among rulers in the region. He teamed up with Syrian actors Dureid Laham and Nihad Qali to produce some of the region's most popular and acclaimed theatrical works, such as "Exile." "Policemen, Interpol men everywhere; you search for the perfect crime," Maghout wrote in one of his poems. "There is only one perfect crime; to be born an Arab." |
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Ghareeb
Apr 7th, 2006 - 1:34 PM |
Re: Arab literary giant Mohammad al-Maghout dies
Born in 1934 in the town of Salamieh, 130 miles north of Damascus, al-Maghout studied agriculture in the capital before working as a journalist. He wrote for Al-Shurta magazine, the government Syrian newspaper, Tishrin, and the Paris-based Lebanese weekly magazine Al-Mustaqbal. Among his famous works are "Sadness in the Moonlight" in 1959-1960, "A Chamber with Billion Walls" in 1964, "Happiness is not my Profession" in 1970, "The Hunch Bird" (a play) in 1964, "The Swing Novel" in 1974, "The Flower Slayer" in 2001 and "I will Betray my Homeland" in 2001. |
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