The Role of Islamic Education in Bahrain's Contemporary Poetry

Changes which occurred during the recent years reveal the area's sense of Islamic awakening. Of course some do not accept the influence of Islamic learning in this awakening and recount other reasons. Undoubtedly Islamic awakening began with occupation of Palestine in the region and continued with different ideologies some of which were west oriented and some national religious oriented ones. This sense of awakening is clearly reflected in Arabic literature as well as Bahrain's literature which is the subject of this paper. Special terminology indicates the effect of Islamic learning on the poet. For example, in Bahrain's literature one can observe terms such as Allah (God), Alnabi (prophet),Alkoran (Holy Koran), Alrab (God), Almeraj(salvation), Alshahid(martyr)w which is a proof to this influence.