The Poetic Voices of Ahmad Abd Al-Mu&apos;ti Hijazi: 1950–2011

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Author(s): Waed Athamneh

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Keywords: Egypt, Nasserism, 1967 War, Arab Uprising, Arab nationalism, iltizam, poetic voices

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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.

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[1] 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.

[2] Ibid., 331.

[3] Edward William Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon Vol. 5 (New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 2003), 1863.

[4] Omina Amin and Rick London, trans., “As If A Voice Were Calling: Ahmad Abdel Mu'ti Hijazi,” Big Bridge 15 (Spring 2011), 2.

[5] Issa J. Boullata, Modern Arab Poets, 1950–1975 (Washington, DC: Three Continents, 1976), 163.

[6] 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.

[7] Hijazi, Al-A'mal al-Kamila (The Complete Works) (al-Kwait: Dar Suad al-Sabah, 1993), 86–87. Translations are mine unless otherwise indicated.

[8] Ahmad Abd al-Mu'ti Hijazi, al-Shi'r Rafiqi (Poetry is My Companion) (al-Riyad: Dar al-Marrikh lil-Nashr, 1988), 163.

[9] Mohammed Mustafa Badawi, A Critical Introduction to Modern Arabic Poetry (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975), 219.

[10] 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.

[11] Hijazi, Al-A'mal al-Kamila , 302–305.

[12] Ibid., 371–375.

[13] Ibid., 421.

[14] Ibid.

[15] 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.

[16] Ibid.

[17] Saad Al-Bazei, “Realms of the Wasteland: Hijazi and the Metropolis,” World Literature Today 67:2 (1993), 306.

[18] Hijazi, al-Shi'r Rafiqi , 201.

[19] Al-Bazei, “Realms of the Wasteland,” 307.

[20] Hijazi, Al-A'mal al-Kamila , 465.

[21] Ibid., 600.

[22] Ibid., 601.

[23] Shandi, “Hijazi Yastarji' al-thakira.”

[24] 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.

[25] Hijazi, Talal al-Waqt (The Standing Ruins of Time) (Cairo: al-Hay'a al-Misriyya al-Ammali-al-Kitab, 2011), 87–98.

[26] 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.

[27] Hijazi, Talal al-Waqt , 87.

[28] Ibid., 89–98.

[29] 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.

[30] 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.