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The Poetic Voices of Ahmad Abd Al-Mu'ti Hijazi: 1950–2011
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This article examines the poetic voices of Egyptian poet Ahmad Abd al-Mu'ti Hijazi in five representative poems written between 1950 and 2011. It investigates the role of major political events in the Arab world on his trajectory and poetic voice. The article argues that Hijazi changes his poetic voice in relation to the status quo in Egypt. The article concludes that these voices conflict and clash with one another. Hijazi publishes a collection of poetry after the eruption of the Egyptian Revolution in January 2011, to inspire his people, protest against Mubarak's regime, and regain his poetic voice.
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Usama Urabi, “Masirat Hijazi al-Ibdaiyya” (Hijazi's Creative Journey) in Ahmad Abd al-Mu'ti Hijazi: Sab'un Aman min al-Riyada wa-al-Tajdid , ed. Usama Urabi et al. (al-Qahira: al-Majlis al-A'la lil-Thaqafa, 2005), 333.
Ibid., 331.
Edward William Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon Vol. 5 (New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 2003), 1863.
Omina Amin and Rick London, trans., “As If A Voice Were Calling: Ahmad Abdel Mu'ti Hijazi,” Big Bridge 15 (Spring 2011), 2.
Issa J. Boullata, Modern Arab Poets, 1950–1975 (Washington, DC: Three Continents, 1976), 163.
Verena Klemm, “Different Notions of Commitment (Iltizam) and Committed Literature (al-adab al-multazim) in the Literary Circles of the Mashriq,” Arabic and Middle Eastern Literature 3:1 (2000), 57.
Hijazi, Al-A'mal al-Kamila (The Complete Works) (al-Kwait: Dar Suad al-Sabah, 1993), 86–87. Translations are mine unless otherwise indicated.
Ahmad Abd al-Mu'ti Hijazi, al-Shi'r Rafiqi (Poetry is My Companion) (al-Riyad: Dar al-Marrikh lil-Nashr, 1988), 163.
Mohammed Mustafa Badawi, A Critical Introduction to Modern Arabic Poetry (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975), 219.
Hijazi, “al-Shi'r wa Abd al-Nasir” (Poetry and Abd al-Nasser) in Kitabat ala Qabr Abd al-Nasir (Writings on the Tomb of Nasser), ed. Ahmad Abd al-Mu'ti Hijazi et al. (Bayrut: Dar al-'Awda, 1971), 9.
Hijazi, Al-A'mal al-Kamila , 302–305.
Ibid., 371–375.
Ibid., 421.
Ibid.
Majdi Shandi, “Hijazi Yastarji' al-Thakira” (Hijazi Recalls Memories) (al-Mashhad, Mu'assasat al-Mashhad lil-Nashr Wa-al-Tawzi'), accessed August 12, 2012. http://al-mashhad.com/Articles/22173.aspx.
Ibid.
Saad Al-Bazei, “Realms of the Wasteland: Hijazi and the Metropolis,” World Literature Today 67:2 (1993), 306.
Hijazi, al-Shi'r Rafiqi , 201.
Al-Bazei, “Realms of the Wasteland,” 307.
Hijazi, Al-A'mal al-Kamila , 465.
Ibid., 600.
Ibid., 601.
Shandi, “Hijazi Yastarji' al-thakira.”
Yasir Hijazi and Waed Athamneh. Interview with Ahmad Abd al-Mu'ti Hijazi. Telephone interview, January 10, 2012. I wrote the interview questions and sent them by e-mail to Hijazi's nephew Mr. Yasir Hijazi, who called the poet and passed the questions to him.
Hijazi, Talal al-Waqt (The Standing Ruins of Time) (Cairo: al-Hay'a al-Misriyya al-Ammali-al-Kitab, 2011), 87–98.
Muarada in poetry is when a poet writes a poem that has some resemblance to a poem written by a predecessor or a later poet. Muarada in politics means opposition.
Hijazi, Talal al-Waqt , 87.
Ibid., 89–98.
Aida Azouqa, “Metapoetry between East and West: Abd Al-Wahhab Al-Bayati and the Western Composers of Metapoetry—A Study in Analogies,” Journal of Arabic Literature 39 (2008), 39.
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, “The Rebels, the Committed, and Others: Transitions in Arabic Poetry Today,” in Critical Perspectives on Modern Arabic Literature , ed. Issa J. Boullata (Washington, DC: Three Continents, 1980), 194.