Shabbir Banoobhai

Shabbir Banoobhai (born 23 October 1949) is a South African poet. Quotes I hope everyone who reads, who cares, who feels, who loves – everybody. Shabbir Said this during an interview] This becomes really subjective. I think my work has mostly been well received. There have been reviews that have not been completely favourable, but that is to be expected. It would be surprising if everybody thought everything I write is good. I just hope I don’t get to a time when everyone thinks everything I write is bad. Shabbir Said this during an interview] It is not an expression of religious commitment in the sense that I am trying to create artefacts deliberately for religious purposes – but I do have a commitment to a ‘spiritual force’ that expresses itself in my poetry. Shabbir Said this during an interview] For anyone who reads poetry – whether it is my work or that of others – it is important that they find poetry they enjoy. Shabbir Said this during an interview] My recent readings are mainly books on spirituality and books on love. I particularly enjoy reading the works of Rumi. Many of the authors I read have a profound understanding of life. Shabbir Said this during an interview] There is probably a very deep, all-pervasive link. I would say almost everything I write is spiritual in some way. It’s not something I set out to do. It’s part of my nature that reveals itself in my writing. Shabbir Said this during an interview] The poem ‘for fatima meer’ was found to be a threat to the security of the state. Shabbir Said this during an interview] I tried to combine protest against the politics and oppression of the time in a way that would make it possible for the poetry to survive the protest. Shabbir Said this during an interview] It has been very important to me to get inward moon outward sun published, because this collection closes a chapter in my life. Whether I will write again quite like I have written in the past, I don’t know. We will have to wait for time to show where my writing is headed. Shabbir said this during an interview Before I respond to this question, Bijuraj, let me first thank you for caring to read my work and for finding out more about it. Most people who read my work make the same observation about it that you have just made. There may be some truth to it, but personally I am reluctant to consider my work in the same category as that of those who have true closeness to the Divine. My own love for the Divine is weak. I see myself simply as a very fortunate human being with a gift for understanding the spiritual. Shabbir Banoobhai said this during an interview External Links Category: Living people Category:Men Category:1949 births Category:South Africans