The Cultural Cold War in the Arab World from the Perspective of Izz Al-Din Al-Munaserah: A Case Study of the Triangle of Resistance and the Journals of “Poetry” and “Al-Hawar”

Izz Al-Din Al-Munaserah is a poet and critic of Palestinian origin and is among the politicalcultural critics in the field of literature. He has accused some Arabic right-wing communist literary men and intellectuals of cooperation with the United States and the Zionist regime and believes that individuals such as Mahmoud Darvish, Sami’ Al-Qassim and Tawfiq AlZiyadah are among the victims of state spy plans and policies. Though this generation believes in the slogan of “art for art’s sake”, like liberal capitalist thinkers, they created their works within the framework of the Western block security objectives. “Poetry” and “Al-Hawar” are two Arabic journals in Lebanon which, the author believes, are accused of collaboration with the CIA and receiving financial support and funding from this organization. The author further believes that these two magazines are more political than literary, and they follow their political objectives under the disguise of literary and cultural activities. Following a descriptive-analytic approach, this article deals with the presentation and analysis of the author’s views.