Al-Sarie Al-Raffaa’s Book of Poems

2023-04-14T23:30:21+00:00

This book is a poetry collection of Abu Al-Hassan Al-Sarie Al-Raffaa, the most notable poet of Mosul in the Abbasid era (C4 AH / C10 AD). This book of poems was published by Sader Publishing House (Beirut:1996), with a preface and explanation by Akram Al-Bustani. His title (Al-Raffaa) came from his sewing profession. He had a great tendency to write poetry and literature. He wrote poems of praise, satire, and love and devoted many other poems to express his longing for his city of Mosul that circumstances forced him to leave forever. He travelled to Aleppo to praise Saifuddaula Al-Hamadani and [Read More]