"Poetry nights" At the Al Dhafra Book Festival, he recalls an experience "The Hameli brothers"
ABU DHABI, 22nd JANUARY / WAM / Al Dhafra Book Festival, organized by the Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language, from January 19 to 25, organized a poetry session on the main stage in Madinat Zayed Public Park entitled “Voices Not Missed: The Memory of the Al Hameli Brothers”, in commemoration of their memory as they are among the most prominent poetic voices in the Al Dhafra region, and among the poets who left for generations an ancient poetic legacy close to the soul.
The evening, which comes within the program “Nights of Poetry: Voices That People Loved,” and in which the poet and heritage researcher Ali Al-Kindi Al-Marar, the singer Qusay Al-Maamari, and the percussion artist Abdullah Abdul Karim participated, recalled the features of the lives of the poets Omair and Muhammad Al-Hamli, who are among the most prominent voices of Al-Dhafra and Liwa, who left generations a great poetic legacy.
The evening discussed their works and their impact on Emirati folk poetry, especially the poems that were passed down by storytellers and chanted by singers in gatherings, and which became part of the vocal memory of the desert.
The evening began with a talk by researcher Ali Al-Kindi Al-Marar, who touched on the biography of the two poets, their poetry, and the nature of their lives.
The poet and researcher Al-Marar delved into the analysis of the poems of the brothers Muhammad and Umair, which he described as “a documentation of the nature of life in the era in which they lived, which is the life of nomadism, where they describe movement and travel in their poems. It also included narrations of many of the situations and problems that people faced in their daily lives.”
Al-Marar recited a collection of the brothers’ most famous poems immortalized in history and folklore, then he followed it with a collection of the brothers’ most famous poems filled with beautiful poetic images, while the artist Qusai Al-Maamari excelled in composing and singing a number of the brothers’ most famous poems in a heritage evening that won the approval of the audience from fans of Emirati folk poetry.
At the end of the evening, the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Center honored the participants, in line with its vision of devoting the role of the festival to connecting generations with their heritage and past by highlighting prominent figures who left an immortal mark on the country’s cultural history.
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