Hazar Tabbakh
Syrian poet
Hazar Tabbakh (Arabic: هزار طباخ; born on August 9, 1964) is a Syrian poet and writer who has published several poetry collections, the most well-known poetry collection "On the Surface of Smoke, I Float", in which she addressed the subject of her motherland, Syria, and Lebanon; where she grew up for some years of her life. She published another poetry collection entitled "Shadow Scattering" by Khatwah for Publishing and Distributing, as well as the book "Praying for Gaza" published by Dar-Alamir in partnership with an elite poet of Al-Hakaya Literary Forum, in which she addressed the besieged Gaza Strip through a number of poems and sonnets.
Personal life and education
Hazar Tabbakh was born on August 9, 1964, in the city of Aleppo, Syria, and grew up there. She studied civil engineering before shifted to study English Literature. Hazar has been writing poetry since childhood and participated in several literary activities in high school and secondary school. She also participated in several events in Damascus under the auspices of Al-Hakaya Literary Forum.
Career
Writing poetry marked the beginning of Hazar Tabbakh's career as a writer and publisher. Within a short time, she became a member of numerous literary forums and clubs including: Al-Hakaya Literary Forumand the Free International Association of Arab Translators and Linguists, where she supervised the poetry section as well as, Al-Fakhora literary Forum, in addition to, Al-brari Forum where she supervised the poetry section as well. Hazar won the second-place award for her poem "we were finished" in the first competition of Al-Hakaya literary forum.
She published a collection entitled "On the Surface of Smoke, I Float" published by Dar-Alamir for culture and science, this collection included 18 poems in Arab poetry, most notably: "what Scattered from newspaper", "Tenfinger tips", "For reconfiguration...
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