Rutgers Professor Uses Poetry to Explain Iran’s Politics
Earlier this month, KYW 1060 published a story on Dr. Rafey Habib’s poetry web series that I’m producing
A local professor and poet says his recent poem on the revolution in Iran evokes a time when poets tackled tough political issues.
It’s called A Poem for Nayda, a tribute to a young woman who bled to death June 20th during recent demonstrations in Iran. Rutgers University Camden English professor Dr. Rafey Habib is the author:
“One of the things that poets should be doing is addressing these important issues. And poets always have in the past. For the last more than 2000 years, poets have been very, very political. And it’s only in recent times that poetry in the West has become somewhat apolitical.”
A Poem for Nayda and other poems by Dr. Habib’s poetry are on YouTube.
http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/4784171.php?contentType=4&contentId=4329930