The Poetry Competition on London's Arabic Radio — Mr. Amin Nakhle Wins the Prize

The number of poems sent in for entry in the sixth annual poetry competition held by the London wireless broadcasting station reached thirty-one.

Most of them were distinguished by fineness of style, delicacy of feeling, and strength of poetic gift, which demanded a great effort of the panel of judges before it issued its final verdict on the three winning poems.

But after three successive meetings, each of which lasted a long while, the panel of judges — composed of Messrs. Sheikh Khalil Takieddine, the well-known writer and man of letters; Bechara al-Khoury, the great poet known as al-Akhtal al-Saghir; Dr. Nicolas Fayyad, the poet and orator; Najib Liyan, the delicate poet; and Muhyi al-Din al-Nsouli, the famous journalist — issued its verdict and announced the names of the winners of the three prizes, as appears in its following statement:

The panel of judges in the London station's poetry competition held three successive sessions, in which the poems received were read; from them it selected the following poems and ranked them according to the prizes:

The poem winning the first prize: "The Nightingale," by Mr. Amin Nakhle — Beirut. The poem winning the second prize: "The Arab League," by Mr. Alexi Saad, of the American University of Beirut.

The poem winning the third prize: "The Peasant's Hope," by Mr. Abdullah Ghanem, Baskinta, Lebanon. In witness whereof, drawn up on March 18, 1946.
Khalil Takieddine Muhyi al-Din al-Nsouli
Najib Liyan Bechara al-Khoury Nicolas Fayyad

The prizes will be presented to the winners at the appointed time, and the first winning poem will be sent to London for the final competition among the poems received from all the Arab lands and the Mahjar.