Virtually 1500 individuals gathered at Al Raha Beach Theatre in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday evening and numerous thousands extra turned on the Baynounah and Al Emarat TELEVISION networks at 10 pm to see the first episode of Prince of Poets 2017.

Organised by the Cultural Programmes and Heritage Festivals Board, Royal prince of Poets was released in 2007, currently taking place as soon as every 2 years. It grants poetry made up in classic Arabic language, the top victor obtaining AED 1 million, after that AED 500,000 for second place and AED 300,000 for the 3rd. February 21st was an evening of "outstanding quality", as several in the target market described it, their statement sustained by the lengthy applauses and joys of the four poets that fought it out, in genuine words of charm, in the preliminary of the two months show.

Alla Gatrawi (Palestine), Hassan Amer (Egypt), Latifa Hasani (Algeria) and Nasser Al Ghasani (Oman) took the phase, one by one, reciting their very own written timeless Arabic poem in front of the 3 judges of the show - Dr. Ali bin Tamim, Dr. Salah Fadhl and Dr. Abdul Malek Mortadh. Their rhymes of love, nationwide belonging, social concerns were reviewed online, by the 3 judges, both from technological structure perspective and esthetic merits.

"When judging a poem, the most vital aspect for me is including much more values, such as the obstacles the Arab world faces today in the areas of national politics, social, economic and social. Additionally, I highly motivate the entrants to re-read the texts of literary esthetics and re-read the classics, the custom of Arabic poetry composing from the strong ability, which I discover motivates much more appealing verses," stated Dr. Ali bin Tamim.

"The major distinction of classic Arabic today as compared to the old days is in the method and the perspective. The type is the same, therefore is the rhythm, but the language utilized is different," he included.

The rhymed or determined Arabic verse falls within fifteen different meters collected and discussed by Khalil Al Farahidi, among the earliest Arab lexicographers and philologists. Later on, his student, Al Akhfash, included another meter to make them sixteen. These rhythmical poetry meters are recognized in Arabic as "seas" (bur). The determining device of seas is called "taf'lah", and every sea has a particular variety of taf'ilah, which the poet needs to observe in every knowledgeable (bayt) of the poem. The gauging procedure of a rhyme is very extensive. Occasionally including or eliminating a consonant or a vowel could shift the bayt from one meter to one more. Additionally, in rhymed poetry, every bayt needs to end with the same rhyme (qfiyah) throughout the rhyme.

Poetry is the earliest kind of Arabic literature, the very first recognized scripts going back to the 6th century, yet, in oral type, it is much older. "Over more than 15 centuries verse has palpably exceeded a simple system of words to become a masterpiece of the numerous work of arts of the Arab passion. As a form of expression, verse has, as a matter of fact, transformeded into a brilliant indication of the observant expression and the impressive Arabic language," claimed Sultan Al Amimi, Director of the Poetry Academy at the Cultural Programmes and Heritage Festivals Board.

Significant is how many of the knowledgeables stated on Al Raha Coastline Theatre stage on Tuesday night were defined. The 4 poets did not just had to recite their very own rhymes in front of the judges and the audience, but they additionally had to execute it, to pour out their enthusiasm with their rhyming words.

Only three of the poets will be able to proceed to the next phase of the competitors. The judges' favourite was currently revealed at the end of the show on Tuesday evening. With a 24% rating, Egypt's Hassan Amer has proceeded to the final 15 candidates. At the beginning of the next episode, on February 28th, the other two will certainly be introduced, based on the customers votes, combined with the courts' ballots.
Throughout the very first 5 episodes, four poets will certainly compete in each one, however just 3 will certainly go on to the following phase of the competitors, when the final 20 will certainly become last 15.

"From hundreds of candidates, 20 finalists were selected for the Royal prince of Poets live show. For the very first time in the history of the competitors, we are having 10 women and 10 guys joining the program. This will make the programme stronger, as they will test each other. We anticipate a more fierce battle of words this year. As a result, there will certainly be much more poetic shocks, drawing in larger target market at Al Raha Coastline Theatre and more audiences in the house", mentioned Dr. Ali bin Tamim.