Health Awareness in Nigerian Arabic Poetry: A case Study of Abdul Qadir's Poem "Corona Virus"

The Corona virus pandemic is considered as one of the biggest calamities that disrupt the balance of life in the whole world, and it is a global pandemic that occurred due to the Corona virus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome. It was initially identified in mid-December 2019 in Wuhan, central China, where it was identified in a group of people with pneumonia of unknown cause, and was mainly associated with individuals working in the Huanan Seafood Market in China, where live animals are also sold. This disease had a great impact on all areas of religious, economic, political, scientific, and social life. From this standpoint, global governments led by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), have striven against this disease since its inception. The main objective of this article is to study the poem “Corona Virus” by the poet Abdul Qadir to reveal the role of the Nigerian Arabic poet and his contribution to combating this deadly pandemic by educating the nation about the dangers of this epidemic, and adhering to the doctors’ orders and prohibitions, the article consists of the following topics: A brief history of the poet's life - Presentation of the Poem – Meaning of Vocabularies in the Poem – Health awareness in the Poem - conclusion list of references