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carar (Mustafa Wahbi Al Tal) (real name Mustafa Salih Mustafa Yousof al-Tell; full artistic name Mustafa Wahbi at-Tull/Al Tal/al-Tell and other such variants) (1897 - 1949) was a Jordanian poet, more known for its nationalist and revolutionary ouvre and his activism in accordence to it, written under the pseudonym cArar.
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History
cArar was born on May 25, 1897 in the city of Irbid in North Jordan as Mustafa Salih Mustafa Yousof al-Tell . A second name “Wahbi” was added to his name in the Western tradition imported via the Ottoman Turks. Irbid, at the time of (cArar's birth, was part of Sanjak Houran as part of the Ottoman region referred to as Greater Syria.
He finished his elementary school education in Irbid, Jordan in 1911. In 1912 cArar registered in a school in Damascus (in 1912, there were no borders yet dividing Jordan from Syria). The school was called “cAnbur School” named after a Damascan Jew who founded it, probably in the 17th century. Arar’s father had attended the same school before. Before the end of the school year he was exiled with some other Jordanian students to Beirut, Lebanon by the Ottoman authorities. He returned to `Anbur (canbar) school from his exile in 1913 or 1914. He returned to Irbid during his secondary education for a visit during 1915. In 1917, while in tenth grade, he visited Istanbul while World War-I is raging. His trip to Istanbul takes about 6 months. During his travels he gets married.
In 1917 or 1918 he was exiled again to Beirut, Lebanon for political activism. In 1919 to 1920 he participated in a demonstration and gets expelled from Anbur School to Aleppo, he earned his High School Diploma from an Aleppo school, Madrasat Tajheez Halab (Aleppo Preparatory School, Syria.
In 1922 he is employed as a teacher of Arabic literature in Karak, Jordan (Emirate of Trans-Jordan, at the time under British mandate). He was fired from his job in 1923 and exiled to Ma’an, then Aqaba, then Jeddah. He returned from his exile in Jeddah (in Emirate of Hijaz at that time, present day Saudi Arabia) in 1924. He began his long-lasting relationship with the Gypsy community in Jordan in 1925.
He was appointed a local governor to the Showbuk/Wadi Moosa district in 1929. In 1930 he earned a law degree and license to practice as a lawyer. In spring of 1931 he was exiled to Aqaba, Jordan, for his political dissent and calling for political changes. He became the District Attorney of Salt in 1939 and visited Cairo, giving a lecture at The Egyptian University.
In 1941 He spent 90 days in prison for his political views. He is heavy into drinking and his alcoholism becomes apparent. In 1943 he represented the Fallaheen (peasantry) in court during a bloody feud with the Zou’bi tribe in Ramtha.
He died in 1949.
cArar’s Poetry
cArar’s poetry may have started in 1912 (at age 16) if not earlier.
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References
- Al-Badawi al-Mulaththam (Ya’qoub al-‘Oudat): cArar, poet of Jordan (Arar, sha’er al Urdun), Publisher: Dar al Qalam, Beirut, Lebanon, 1st Publication 1958.
- Obeidat, Mahmoud: Biography of Poet and Activist, Mustafa Wahbi at-Tull (`Arar) 1897-1949, Published by Ministry of Culture, Amman, Jordan 1996.
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