Qareat El Fengan

Qareat El Fengan (Arabic: قارِئةُ الفِنجان; "The Fortune Teller", literally "The Coffee Cup Reader")[1] is a poem written by Nizar Qabbani and performed by Abdel Halim Hafez.

[2] In fact, Qareat El Fengan was the last recording by Abdel Halim.

[3] The subject is a fortune-teller (practising tasseography, by interpreting coffee grounds) who predicts an unhappy love.

Omar Offendum converted the poem into a rap tune called "Finjan", and he mixed the original Arabic text with its translation.

[4] Also, in 2021, a series was produced under the name of the poem "Qareat El Fengan".