Both Muslims and Christians invoke Jesus in poetry – Qabbani

Dr. Ali Alhaddad  recited poems by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani in both an English translation and the original Arabic.  He recited it at the dedication of a statue of the Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani in the Syrian Cultural Garden in Cleveland. He said that both Christians and Muslims invoke Jesus and His suffering in their poetry. http://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/syrian/syrian.htm