Aleppo in Classical Poetry sheds light Aleppo by collecting and indexing more than 900 poems that have been written about the city or mentioned it, from the 7th century to the early 20th century. The poems reflect the various civilizational aspects of Aleppo, an authentic and cosmopolitan city, the oldest functional in the world, and one of the richest in terms of culture and heritage.
The authors, Hasan Kujjah and Mohammad Kujjah, aim to investigate the actual and symbolic value of Aleppo through poets' eyes, emphasizing the contribution that poetry made to revealing the history of Arab and Islamic cities and their values, both its tangible and emotional dimensions.
Hasan Kujjah (Ph.D. candidate, Leiden University/Fellow of Chartered Management Institute, UK) is an author, researcher and lecturer in the fields of cultural heritage and human development. He lives in the Netherlands, and has published several books on literature, heritage and development.
Mohammad Kujjah is an author and researcher in the field of civilizations and Arabic/Islamic heritage, President of the Syrian archaeological society, and Editor-in-Chief of Al-Ê¿ÄdiyyÄt magazine in Aleppo. He served as Secretary-General of the "Aleppo: A Capital of Islamic Culture" festival in 2006 and published several books in his fields of expertise.
Scholars, students, intellectuals, and all readers interested in poetry and literature, and in the history and heritage of Aleppo as an ancient city at the heart of the old-world.