Episodes: Series - Nizar Qabbani - 2005

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Nizar Qabbani is born in Damascus and spends his childhood in his father's house. As he falls in love with his neighbor, Abu Hassan's daughter, she is forced to wed another man. Abu Sayyad's daughter is arrested in a protest against the French occupation.

As his teacher discusses hell and its torment, Nizar sets his house on fire. The Syrians continue to resists the French occupation, and Nizar's father gets arrested. As Nizar's talent and genius in understanding the Arabic language become clear, another student injures him in the eye.

As the doctors decide to take out Nizar's injured eye, the ophthalmologist, Dr. Amgad, returns from abroad and takes charge of Nizar's case. Nizar admires his teacher, Khalil, and the poetry he writes so much that he starts thinking of being a poet himself.

Nizar's sister, Wisal, falls for a student who gets beaten for coming to the neighborhood a lot. When she is unable to wed him, she decides to kill herself. Lamis, whose parents are separated, pursues Nizar after she falls for him and his poetry.

Hend gets attached to Nizar's poetry. When her husband sees her reading a poem, he mistakenly believes that it's a love letter and assaults her. As Hend takes refuge in Nizar's house, his father rebukes him for letting her in. Zubaida confesses her love for Nizar.

Zubaida asks her daughter, Lamis, to meet her sweetheart. As news about the death of the singer Asmahan spreads, Nizar's mother remembers her daughter Wisal. Nizar is shocked to learn that Zubaida is Lamis's mother. The Salafists denounce Nizar's poems.

Nizar graduates from the Faculty of Law. As the French tanks take over Damascus, the Syrian youth push back against them. Nizar becomes the cultural attaché of the Syrian embassy in Cairo, where he is introduced to the Egyptian scholars and artists.

Zubaida tells Nizar that Lamis is pulling away from her. Nizar learns that Zubaida got pregnant with Lamis before she got married. Ali Al-Tantawi lambastes Nizar, who refuses to react.

Tawfiq Al-Hakim advises Nizar to ignore any criticism that oversteps the boundaries of literary criticism. Anwar Al-Ma'adawi tells Nizar to diversify his poetry instead of only writing about women's bodies. Nizar falls for Amal, who is married to the jealous Kamal.

Nizar returns to Damascus and marries Zahra to combat his loneliness. As they return to Cairo, Zahra notices that they are getting a lot of anonymous calls and questions Na'ima about Nizar's relationships and frequent visitors.

Kamal asks Amal to accompany him to Jerusalem but she refuses. Zahra gives birth to Tawfiq. Heikal lambastes the Arab countries for not supporting the Palestinian cause. The English reporter Jenny tells Nizar that Britain plans to divide Palestine into two states.

As Jenny goes to the Western Desert, Nizar mourns the Palestinian martyrs in a poem. His second book of poems is released in 1948, but Anwar tries to change its original title, Childhood of a Breast. As Nizar ends his work in Cairo, Syria witnesses a coup d'etat.

Nizar's father and Emir Adel support the ousted president Shukri Al-Quwatli, but the military commander, Husni Al-Za'im, affirms that he only wants to protect the Syrian people so the president resigns. Zahra feels that Nizar doesn't love her.

Howaida enlists Nizar's help to get her father released but Adel discovers that he is imprisoned on corruption charges. Shukri Al-Quwatli is released as another coup d'état sees Husni Al-Za'im executed. Adel puts the US on blast for supporting the Zionists and resigns. He and Nizar go to Turkey

Adel Arslan requests aid from Syria to counter the Zionist media in Turkey. Nizar finds Lamis in Turkey. The embassy's secretary unknowingly weds a spy for the Jews. When Lamis's husband confronts Nizar about a photo of him and Lamis, Nizar gives him a letter to read.

Nizar ends his work in Turkey after the problem with Lamis and her husband. Zahra complains about Nizar's various affairs to his mother. Nizar's third book is released and he is criticized for pretending to lead a revolution on the surface when he only cares about women.

Nizar runs into Hend who tries to evade him. Zahra is furious with Nizar for his affairs and insists on having a divorce. As Nizar divorces Zahra, Sanaa's husband threatens Nizar who tells Sanaa about his divorce.

Nizar recites a poem against the Jews and the UN. When he is transferred to the Syrian embassy in London, he tells Sanaa to forget about him. Nizar learns English with Carla's help and he starts to fall for her. Nizar's father's health deteriorates.

Nizar's time in London makes him embrace liberty which reflects on his poems. Hend weds Kamal. As Nizar meets a French woman called Janine, he starts to miss his children, Tawfiq and Hadba. Nizar's new poem, Bread, Hashish And Moon, is met with heated criticism.

Nizar tells Carla that Janine is staying with him because he is helping her. Carla breaks up with him and tells him to leave. Nizar meets Julia, an English writer with Arab roots, and gets attached to her.

After Nizar supports Julia with her fledgling career, he discovers that she is manipulating him and gets depressed. Nizar's father dies and Nizar eulogizes him. Nizar's popularity increases in Syria, especially among women who aspire to win their freedom.

Gamal Abdel Nasser announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company. Nizar receives a letter whose writer blames his poetry for her sinning. Nizar decides to pray and make amends. The Syrians take Egypt's side when the tripartite aggression hits.

Nizar learns that Amal died in the tripartite aggression and writes a poem in solidarity with Djamila Bouhired. Nizar discovers that the writer of the letter he received is using him to make her sweetheart jealous.

As Syria cedes from the union with Egypt, Nizar writes a poem titled Our City. As he starts working in Spain, he meets a Spanish woman of Syrian origins, and falls in love with the remnants of the civilization of Córdoba and Andalusia. He writes a song for Nagat Al-Saghira: What Shall I Say to Him?

Tawfiq Al-Hakim is surprised that Mohammed Abdel Wahab is composing the melody for Nizar's poems. Nizar resigns from his diplomatic office. As he goes to live in Beirut, his book, Drawing with Words, is released.

In the wake of the Six-Day war, Nizar gets depressed and has a heart attack. His book, Marginal Notes on the Book of Defeat, draws a lot of criticism, and some of the Egyptian scholars demand that his books be burned. Nizar sends a letter to Gamal Abdel Nasser, who takes his side.

Nizar's son, Tawfiq, thinks about studying medicine in Egypt. During a poetry recital in Baghdad, he meets Balqis Al-Rawi and proposes to her. When her father opposes their marriage, President Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr intervenes to convince him. Nizar's son suffers from a heart condition.

Tawfiq leaves to study in Egypt. Nizar eulogizes Gamal Abdel Nasser after the latter passes, and writes a poem called From a Damascene Lover's Diary to express his support for his homeland, Syria. Nizar takes Tawfiq to London to seek treatment.

Nizar's son dies. Hafez Al-Assad announces that Syria and Egypt have allied against Israel. As the Egyptian and Syrian armies win, Adnan Al-Hajj returns from the war after losing his legs. Nizar eulogizes Tawfiq on the first anniversary of his death.

In the wake of his mother's death, Nizar suffers from a heart condition. Nizar's wife, Balqis, dies in the Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut and Nizar eulogizes her. Years later, Nizar writes his memoir before he dies.