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time were initiated by these two verses after they became
popular in a very short time, thus proving the importance
of poetry with respect to the rabs in the field of media and
news. Among the stories narrated in this regard is the story
of the seller whose black veils are unsalable and when he
complained to the Damari who was a poet, he wrote him his
famous poem which he initiated by the following:
Tell the beautiful wearing the black veil
What have you done to a hermit worshiper?
And when this poetry was known by the people, the
black veil was greatly sellable in the market.
Therefore, poetry was an awareness method through
which coastal news was transmitted by means of commer-
cial and non-commercial convoys until media has witnessed
a quantum leap through the utilization of carrier pigeons as
the fastest known means of communication. Pigeons were
transported from a city or country to another city or country
where they are imprisoned… then the letter that will be sent
is written and tied at the neck of the pigeon and then it is set
free since it knows its first homeland and desires to return
to it. Therefore, the message will arrive and the answer to
this message will come back from the city or country from
which the message was sent.