8vo. a complete Facsimile set of Shi’ir magazine, bound in modern library binding with gilt block, publisher’s original wrappers preserved, some covers and pages slightly soiled & foxed, few perforations to pages 70-86 in year 9 volume without any loss to text, otherwise set in very good condition, Beirut, 2000.

Synopsis

A RARE complete Facsimile reprint set of “Shi’ir” the leading magazine of modern Arabic poetry in the Arab world, reprinted in 2000 on the occasion of Beirut being named leading capital of the book. Covers and texts illustrated by leading Arab artists of the period.
The project of publishing this magazine was announced by two Syrian poets, Yusuf al-Khal and Adonis ( Ali Ahmad Said) in 14 September 1965. The first issue appeared on 10 January 1957. The periodical continued to be published until 1969, and 44 issues were published. The periodical was suspended only for two years 1965/1966,  because of financial problems. In early 1967 the periodical started to be published again, but again in 1969 the last issue appeared after bitter conflict between the leading poets and scholars who contributed to this leading modernist magazine in the Arab world.
The aim of the magazine was to revolutionise Arabic poetry by creating a Poetic renaissance movement. Leading poets from all over the Arab world published their poems in Shi’ir including Adonis, Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, Muhammad al-Maghout, Sarkun Bulos, Fouad Rifka, Yusuf al-Khal, Khalil Hawi and many others.