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Poetry has long dominated the cultural landscape of modern Iraq, simultaneously representing the literary pinnacle of high culture and giving voice to the popular discourses of mass culture. As the favoured genre of culture expression for religious clerics, nationalist politicians, leftist dissidents, and avant-garde intellectuals, poetry critically shaped the social, political, and cultural debates that consumed the Iraqi public sphere in the twentieth century. The popularity of poetry in modern Iraq, however, made it a dangerous practice that carried serious political consequences and grave risks to dissident poets. 'The Dangers of Poetry' narrates the social history of poetry in the modern Middle East.

Political poetry, Arabic --- Arabic poetry --- Anti-imperialist movements --- Nationalism --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Iraq --- Politics and government --- Communism. --- Intellectual Life. --- Iraqi Politics. --- Modernism. --- Nationalism. --- Poetry. --- Politics and Culture. --- Politics and Literature. --- Popular Culture. --- Radicalism. --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Anti-colonialism --- Antiimperialist movements --- Social movements --- Imperialism --- National liberation movements --- Arabic political poetry