poetry - Sha'ir Al-Milion

sufi

sufi

lala
wow, been loving this show on abu dhabi tv,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/worldtoday/news/story/2007/03/070312_poetry_idol.shtml

there was this fantastic iraqi poet on saturday night - rough! very political! he was born in kuwait so i guess he's now stateless http://www.nabati.org/details.aspx?contid=36
mohamed abdu was singing too...:)

they're just presenting the prizes now for:
most romantic
best performance
presentation
we're waiting to see who gets the million....

so... how comes we don't have anything like this in uk??? or indeed any poetry on telly at all we have nuff street poets who are anxious to battle, and we have nuff seamus heaney/wendy cope types who are entertaining...? well??why?
 
Z

zhao

there are no accidents
are there english translations?

yeah seems strange that there has never been a successful hiphop/MC battles show, reality or not, in the US either. it would be such an easy hit.
 
sufi

sufi

lala
http://sha3ralmillion.net/vb/
series 2 on-going ...
no translations but still some lyrical genius shining thru
masses on youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/sha3ralmillion
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=شاعر+المليون&search_type=

occasional tough girl poets represent


our fave: persevering yemeni yusuf otaibi
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klassic fanvid tracks his progress as he followed the heats over the arab world, making several attempts before eventually getting onto the show
his youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/Y0SSF proper grimy
 
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