Symbols of resistance in Nizar Qabbani’s poetry (The poem “Rachel and Her Sisters” is an example)

Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998 AD) is considered one of the most famous and popular contemporary Arab poets in the 20th century, who seriously turned to political and stability poetry after the defeat of the Arabs in June 1967. The ode "Rasheel and Sisters" is one of the prominent odes of Nizar Qabbani, which was written after the bombing of Qana by Israel in 1996, and the symbolic appeal of various religious, historical, mythological and literary figures has given a special effect to this ode. Undoubtedly, the cultural, political and social conditions of the Arab world and the various intellectual and cultural springs that the poet used and the dynamic mind and vision of her critic were effective in calling these characters. This symbolic presence sometimes includes religious figures such as Christ, Imam Ali (a.s.) and Imam Hussein (a.s.), and sometimes it includes Arab and non-Arab mythological figures such as Don Quixote, Antart, etc. With the symbolic use of these characters and their hidden and obvious existential meanings in a positive and sometimes transformed and negative way, Nizar tried to express his attitudes, messages, pains, experiences and criticisms on his enemies and the Arab society in a literary format. convey to the audience.