Voices

About the Book

Voices represents a new movement in poetry, whose signs emanated from the sixties and can be considered an exit from the dark tunnel or the dim horizon through which all poetic movements in Bahrain passed. This is, of course, after the crushing of the nationalist movement in the fifties and consequently, the exile of its main political leaders, as well as the banning of journals and application of emergency law in the country for ten years. Such a banal situation left negative effects on the development of poetry in Bahrain and failed in accord with the novelties of the new poetic movements in the Arab world. However, this stage of confinement and unproductiveness, through which the new poetic movement in Bahrain passed, led eventually to revisions. Furthermore, it promoted action on the basis of various past movements and the contemplation of their poetic elements and patterns, some of which have already been mentioned. This obviously made the Neo-Realist Movement embody a live storehouse of poetic experience in Bahrain. It also equipped poets with opportunities to mediate on the reality of this modern poetic experience in the Arab world and be acquainted with specimens of world poetry and human culture.

About the Author

Hasan Marhamah, an Associate Professor of Modern English & Comparative Literature graduated from the University of Wales, (UK) in 1985. He taught Literature and Humanities courses at the University of Bahrain and the Arab Open University (Bahrain campus). He has written extensively on both literary, as well as educational topics.