Egyptian poet Ahmad Yamani, a resident of Spain who holds a Doctorate in Arabic literature from the University of Madrid, discusses the influence of Arabic poetry on modern Spanish poetry at the House of Poetry – Ibrahim al-Arayyed House in Manama. Yamani has five published poetry books, many of which have been translated into other languages, and was the recipient of several awards, including the Rimbaud Prize in 1991 and the Beirut39 Prize in 2010.
When his soul left his body and this world, he left a house for poetry, a place for his things, and walls where the poetry he loved would remain. The Bahraini poet Ibrahim Al Arrayed, and all those who (followed) him in his literary journey and translated works, were retained by the Sheikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research in his city which he belonged, Manama. For it was the house of fame, as the first among the homes of cultural centers outside the city of Muharraq.
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