الموت يغيب الشاعر الكبير سعيد عقل عن عمر يناهز الـ102

Rest in perfect peace Mr. Akl. It' is so sad, one by one Lebanon is losing its most important cultural foundations. Two days ago, our princess of hearts Sabah left us, before her the Cedar of Lebanon's mountains Wadih Safi left us, and before him, another great star of our little screens, Laila Karam. It's another sad day, because it's obvious that we are being left with truly mdiocre so-called singers like Haifa Wehbe, Ali El Dik, Nawal El Zoghbi and others not mentioned here. I think it's best we close our ears and just keep our eyes open for almost naked singers on stage.

RIP Said akl (one of few true Lebanese )

100+ it's sad rest in peace

Politics divides us, culture music and art unite us as we all mourn our greats, goes to show we are a people after all.

tu etais un grand homme de ce monde avec beaucoup d'ethique ,la moralite' etait un fait regulier de ta vie ,tu as toujours essaaye'd'elever l'esprit de l'homme vers des niveaux superieurs,,dans le sens que Dieu a voulu pour les siens.sans doute tu faisais honneur a la vie, chanceux ceux qui ont su apprecier ta grandeur la vie leur a donne' une immense recompense .pars dans le domaine ou ton esprit trouvera sa valeur labas tu saura en paix

Greetings my dear friends,

Said Akl was no doubt an icon in the Lebanese poetry and culture. Through out his life he strongly advocated the Latin inscriptions instead of the conventional Arabic writings. His passing today will leave an irreplaceable void in the Lebanese intellectual life. RIP Mr. AKL.

the poet claiming that Lebanon was not arab and should replace its language with latin letters the turkish way... one denying its roots is hardly called a poet.... but a lost soul....

Said Akl has passed away a lover spurned.
He loved Arabs, Islam, Syria and Palestine passionately. He gave them his soul in some of the most beautiful Arabic poems in the 20th century.
But after the defeats, cruelty, ignorance, violence, sectarianism and self-serving instincts of Arab politics, he felt betrayed.
He retreated to his Lebanese castle. He retreated behind high intellectual walls to protect himself and his broken heart. Lebanon became the promised land of his exodus from Arab affairs. He wanted to shield it from the disappointments, violence and barbarism of the Middle East.
Although he was lost and bitter and espoused an extreme form of Lebanese nationalism, he was never a sectarian.

Said Akl has passed away a lover spurned.
He loved Arabs, Islam, Syria and Palestine passionately. He gave them his soul in some of the most beautiful Arabic poems in the 20th century.
But after the defeats, cruelty, ignorance, violence, sectarianism and self-serving instincts of Arab politics, he felt betrayed.
He retreated to his Lebanese castle. He retreated behind high intellectual walls to protect himself and his broken heart. Lebanon became the promised land of his exodus from Arab affairs. He wanted to shield it from the disappointments, violence and barbarism of the Middle East.
Although he was lost and bitter and espoused an extreme form of Lebanese nationalism, he was never a sectarian.

they usually ho in threes, so after sabah and akl who's next

No 1 Patriot. I truly love him. May his soul rest in the hands of God surrounded by the light of His Love.

RIP Sa3id Akl.

Lebanon lost his cultural identity, rest in peace

Rest in peace great poet. His poetry will live on.

the good die and aoun and his likes are alive. sickening

I would trade them all for ali barakat

Beethoven, Bach, Oum Koulthoum, Louis De Funes, John Wayne and Marlyn Monroe were Aounists, according to the Aoun cult worshippers.
They believe in the end of days, when Aoun will come back along with Jesus Christ and the Mehdi Al Mountazar, and will be reincarnated as President of Lebanon!