The Department of Arabic Language at the College of Education for Human Sciences - University of Basra organized a discussion panel on the beginning of the praise poem in the collections of Ibn al-Jayyab and Ibn al-Khatib, an artistic study balancing the praise of Sultan Yusuf bin Ismail.
The episode aims to explain the concept of the beginning in a simple praise poem as its first part that carries the emotional state of its creator and reveals the direction of meaning until reaching its conclusion.
The seminar, presented by graduate student Banin Abbas Jassim, showed the aspects of the connection and their range between strength and weakness for both poets to reveal the extent to which these readings fit the contents of the praise poem. It also showed the relative disparity in the nature of the connection between the readings of both poets regarding the meanings of praise.
