Which Iraqi poet, born in Baghdad in 1923, was a pioneer of free verse in Arabic?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Nazik al-Malaika
- Step 1: Nazik al-Malaika's 1947 poem 'Cholera' is often called the first free verse poem. Answer: Nazik al-Malaika. Why not the others: Fadwa Tuqan was Palestinian, Ahlam Mosteghanemi Algerian and Forough Farrokhzad Iranian.
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