Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Nizar Qabbani across 3 places, from 1945 to 1998.
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Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani (22 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) was a Syrian poet, diplomat, and publisher who is widely regarded as Syria’s national poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Nizar Qabbani is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Nizar Qabbani was documented, and when
1945year
Damascusattested“Qabbani later studied law at Damascus University, then known as the Syrian University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in law in 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Nizar Qabbani
1945year
Damascus Universityattested“Qabbani later studied law at Damascus University, then known as the Syrian University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in law in 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Nizar Qabbani
30 April 1998exact date
Londonattested“On 30 April 1998, at the age of 75, Qabbani died in London of a heart attack.”source: Wikipedia: Nizar Qabbani
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1930 to 1941period
Old city of Damascusmentioned“He was raised in the Old City of Damascus and attended the National Scientific College School from 1930 to 1941.”source: Wikipedia: Nizar Qabbani
1959year
Chinamentioned“In 1959, after the formation of the United Arab Republic, he was appointed vice-secretary for the union’s embassies in China.”source: Wikipedia: Nizar Qabbani
1960year
United Statesmentioned“The latter, Sabah Qabbani, became the director of Syrian radio and TV in 1960 and served as Syria's ambassador to the United States in the 1980s.”source: Wikipedia: Nizar Qabbani
1981year
Beirutmentioned“The relationships between men and women in our society are not healthy.” In 1981, Qabbani’s wife, Balqis al-Rawi, was killed in the 1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.”source: Wikipedia: Nizar Qabbani
15 December 1981exact date
Baghdadmentioned“His second marriage was to an Iraqi woman named Balqis al-Rawi, a schoolteacher he met at a poetry recital in Baghdad; she was killed in the 1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War on 15 December 1981.”source: Wikipedia: Nizar Qabbani
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