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Al-Maqalih is considered to be one of the greatest poets in Arabs world. Some of his great works have been translated into foreign languages including English. Actually, his works need to be investigated and presented in English to present the richness of Yemeni literature to the whole world. To cope with the universality of the poet, we try to focus the image of Sana'a in al-Maqalih's the book of Sana'a. the present study aimed to investigate the image of Sana'a in alMaqalih poetry with reference to (The Book of Sana'a). Therefore; the main aim is to analyze the poems and then to induce the general image of Sana'a. This paper was divided into four chapters. The first chapter talks about the poet biography, his works and his position in literature. In addition to that, it revealed the attitudes and views of the poet towards different controversial points in poetry. The second chapter, the focus was on the main image of Sana'a in "The book of Sana'a", sub-dividing this image into various images for the original one. The third chapter talked about the other images wove found in "the book of Sana'a as Sana'a as paradise, holey place… etc).The fourth chapter included the conclusion of the research.

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