Wild Poems published -discusses eroticism and homosexual love
1947-49
First Palestinian War, Israel gains Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank and all
of Jerusalem
May 15, 1948
British to leave Israel, State of Israel recommended by UN as solution to
conflicts. Same day, surrounding Arab Nations declare war.
1954
"Bread, Hashish and Moonlight" published
1956
Sinai-Suez War
1957
Poems For Nizar Qabbani
1961
My Beloved Published
1963
Poetry is a Green Lamp
1965
"Five Letters to My Mother" written while in Spain as a diplomat
1966
Quits diplomatic Service
Moves to London
Drawing in Words published
1967
6 Day War. Israel takes Golan Heights
Marginal Notes on the Book of the Retreat
1968
The Diary of a Blase Woman
Palestine Liberation Movement
Poets of the Occupied Land
1970
The Book of Love
Commando Graffiti on the Walls of Israel
1972
A Hundred Letters
Outlawed Poems
1973
Marries Balquis al Rawi
Eldest son dies in an accident, Beirut
War breaks out, Israel vs. Egypt and Syria, backed by Iraq and Jordan
1976
Syrian troops occuppy Northern Central and Eastern Lebanon
1979
Israel Signs Peace Treaty with the US
Ayatollah Khomeni takes power in Iran
1981
Balquis (the subject of his love poems) dies in bombing by pro-Iranian guerillas
of the Iraqi embassy
1982
Sinai Peninsula returned to Egypt
Israeli troops occuppy S Lebanon
1987
Modern Arabic Poetry An Anthology
1988
American-PLO ties established
1990
"Abu Jahl buys Fleet Street" written
1998
On Entering the Sea: The Erotic and Other Poetry of Nizar Qabbani
May 1 1998
Died in London of a Heart Attack