عبدالعزيز أبوظهير.. تجربة تتشكل بهدوء في زمن مزدحم بالأضواء

Abdulaziz Muteb Abu Zahir, a young Saudi man, holds the word from an unconventional place and places it in a contemporary context that neither opposes poetry nor restricts it. He has moved from the realm of traditional forms to an open digital space, knowing his tools and understanding the mood of his audience.

He recently took center stage after winning first place in a competition organized by the Camel Club in celebration of Al Hilal Club's participation in the FIFA Club World Cup. The prize, valued at 100,000 riyals, was awarded for a poem that was not built on high metaphor but rather on a precise reading of the moment, a calculated choice of tone, and a text that knows how to express the football audience, rather than an elite taste.

This victory should not be read as a linguistic superiority, but rather as a result of a conscious use of poetic tools within an interactive platform, addressing a wide audience in a language that accommodates both poetry and belonging. The interaction that the text received was not based on the number of words or the ringing of rhymes, but on a sense of timing and the realization that a successful text does not speak from above, but descends to the ground without losing its weight.

Abu Zahir is in a transitional phase; he has not closed the door on poetry nor has he dissolved into the entertainment stream. He has chosen a balanced area, writing what people understand and relate to, without compromising the presence of meaning or the sincerity of expression.

In this direction, his name moves towards a scene that needs balanced voices, who understand what they are saying, to whom, and when.