Do we fear poetry

This session invites audiences on a journey through poetry as an unpredictable human act and an intimate confrontation with the self._x000B_The speaker explores how poetry becomes a mirror revealing both poet and reader and how fear itself is woven into the creative process._x000B_Tracing the origins of Arabic poetry from Mudhar, Al-Muhalhil, and Imru' al-Qais to contemporary poetic expressions, the session examines fear as it manifests through honesty, language, exposure, and the struggle for meaning._x000B_Ultimately, it proposes that fear is not a weakness in poetry, but rather the spark that ignites truth and artistic creation.