| His father had a chocolate factory; he also helped support fighters resisting the and was imprisoned many times for his views, greatly affecting the upbringing of Nizar into a revolutionary in his own right | In 1959, when the was formed, Qabbani was appointed Vice-Secretary of the UAR for its embassies in China |
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| In his will, which he wrote in his hospital bed in London, Nizar Qabbani wrote that he wished to be buried in Damascus, which he described in his as "the womb that taught me poetry, taught me creativity and granted me the alphabet of Jasmine | His first wife was his cousin Zahra Aqbiq; together they had a daughter, Hadba, and a son, Tawfiq |
Notable controversial poems from this period in his life include When Will They Announce the Death of Arabs? For instance, his poem Marginal Notes on the Book of Defeat, a stinging self-criticism of Arab inferiority, drew anger from both the right and left sides of the Arab political dialogue.
26| Family [ ] Qabbani had two sisters, Wisal and Haifa; he also had three brothers: Mu'taz, Rashid, and Sabah | NYT article about Dec 1981 bomb attack on Iraqi Embassy in Beirut: |
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| Hindi Many of Qabbani's poems are translated into by Siddheshwar Singh, Arpana Manoj, Manoj Patel, Rinu Talwar and other translators | " On Entering the Sea" 1998• Darwish, Adel 5 May 1998 |
Awards and tributes [ ]• To make it more acceptable, Qabbani showed it to , the minister of education who was also a friend of his father and a leading nationalist leader in Syria.
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