Aleppo in Contemporary Poetry sheds light on Aleppo by collecting and indexing 530 poems that have been written about the city or mentioned it, from the early 20th to the early 21st century, reflecting the various civilizational aspects of Aleppo, an authentic and cosmopolitan city, and one of the richest in terms of culture and heritage.
The book consists of 10 chapters, in which Hasan Kujjah investigates the actual and symbolic value of Aleppo through poets' eyes, emphasizing the contribution of modern poetry in identifying certain cities, mainly its tangible aspects, but at times also its emotional aspects.
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.
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.