تجليــات الخوف في نصوص طه محمد علي

Abstract

Taha Muhammad Ali, a poet in his eighties today, was born in the village of Safuriyya, destroyed during Israel’s War of Independence. He lives in Nazareth.

Our discussion focuses on manifestations of fear and horror in his poems as a result of the events through which he lived and the many experiences he had throughout his life.

The following are among the reasons for his fear: uncertainty, inability to cope, estrangement, frustration and pain. In addition he also mentions sadness, pessimism, worry and anxiety about the future and, finally, also desperation and escape.

Fear is an accompanying feature of all the preceding signs.

Taha’s poetry contains poetic images which become real, images which he creates in a simple and direct manner. But this simplicity is sometimes misleading, because it is charged with associations that arouse the imagination and induces quotation and interpretation.

In this way the poet prompts the reader, who then is able to share the poet’s experiences.