Creativity and inspiration
Poetry of the People shows how versatile and creative poetry can be. The exhibition includes works by Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi, Dunya Mikhail, Forough Farrokhzad, Mahmoud Darwish, Nazim Hikmet and Rumi, among others. The poems were originally written in several languages, including Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Persian, Tamazight and Turkish. You can also see how this poetry lives on and continues to inspire artists of today. For example, there will be a rendition of the poem Ötme Bülbül Ötme by singer Meral Polat, and artworks by Sara Rajaei, by the collective Slavs and Tatars and by Nour Jaouda, among others.
