His second marriage was to an Iraqi woman named Balqis al-Rawi , a schoolteacher he met at a poetry recital in Baghdad ; she was killed in the 1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War on 15 December 1981 . Her death had a severe psychological effect on Qabbani ; he expressed his grief in his famous poem '' Balqis '' , blaming the entire Arab world for her death . Together they had a son , Omar , and a daughter , Zainab . After the death of Balqis , Qabbani did not marry again
1981 Iraqi embassy bombing
1981 Iraqi embassy bombing
Nizar Qabbani