On March 9-th 2014 in remembrance of the 200-th Anniversary from the birth of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, a leading Qatari newspaper "Al- Watan " placed a publication devoted to the Great Kobzar, which briefly presents the basic facts about the life and career of the poet, his fight for independence and sovereignty of the Ukrainian state.

The same publication provides Arabic text of Shevchenko`s "Testament ," translated by the classic Arabic poet of lebanese origin (early 20-th century) Mikhail Nuayme who studied at Poltava Theological Seminary in 1906-1911.

http://www.al-watan.com/viewnews.aspx?n=714F8FE7-016C-4F48-889B-DFEF41CF49F6&d=20140309