Yesterday's Tomorrow

Gaby Fouad Daboul (lawyer) is a contemporary Lebanese poet and writer, considered one of the distinctive voices in the Lebanese literary scene, specifically in the field of colloquial poetry (Zajal). In his creative output, he focuses on presenting poems that express the popular conscience and Lebanese identity in a style that combines simplicity with emotional depth. His literary career is characterized by a pursuit to immortalize daily details and noble human feelings through warm words and poetry that is close to people's hearts.

The writer grew up in a Lebanese environment rich in cultural and literary diversity, which contributed to refining his talent and directing his passion toward expressing himself with sincere words from an early stage of his life. His writings were influenced by the social and emotional transformations that his society went through, and his poems came to reflect this close connection to the land, the village, and the collective Lebanese memory. Daboul has participated in numerous local poetry evenings and cultural seminars that contributed to promoting the presence of colloquial poetry and highlighting its artistic aesthetics.

His creative experience is characterized by a focus on documenting fleeting human moments and transforming them into vibrant poetic paintings, using a fluid language that touches the feelings of readers of all backgrounds. Through his publications, he seeks to preserve the Lebanese verbal and oral heritage and present it in a renewed artistic template that keeps pace with the modern era. His works have received great appreciation from critics and readers alike for the sincerity of their emotions and their ability to depict the features of daily life in a sweet and innovative style.

Key Works

• Bokra Maraq (Tomorrow Passed) (2002): A distinguished poetry collection written in Lebanese colloquial dialect, featuring a bouquet of emotional and patriotic poems that evoke love, hope, and memory, embodying the details of daily life in a sweet and moving style.
• Ghaltat Malak (An Angel's Mistake) (2016): It was signed amidst a notable cultural and legal presence at the Lebanese Book Fair organized by the Cultural Movement - Antelias.
• Khutout Al-Zaman (Lines of Time) (2020): The circumstances that Lebanon has gone through since then led to postponing the signing ceremony and the launch of the collection.