Classical Poems by Arab Women - A Bilingual Anthology

Informationen zum Autor Abdullah al-Udhari was born in Taiz, Yemen, in 1941, and has lived in London since 1962. He studied classical Arab literature and Sabaean epigraphy at London University, where he also received a doctorate for his pioneering study, Jahili Poetry before Imru al-Qais [4000 bce500 ce], which established him as an authority on early Jahili literature. In 1974 he founded and edited TR, an Anglo-Arab literary and arts magazine. He is a literary historian, poet and storyteller, and the author of Voice Without Passport, The Arab Creation Myth, Victims of a Map, and Modern Poetry of the Arab World. Klappentext Presents a collection of poems, written by Arab women from the Jahiliyya (pre-Islamic era) to the Andalusian period. This work is a bilingual edition in which the English version appears opposite the Arabic original.

Product details

• Authors: Abdullah al-Udhari
• Assisted by: Maggi Laura (Illustration), Abdullah al-Udhari (Editor), Abdullah Al- Udhari (Editor)
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Languages: Arab
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.12.1999
• EAN: 9780863560477
• ISBN: 978-0-86356-047-7
• No. of pages: 241
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 215 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), Middle East, Classical texts, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Poetry anthologies (various poets), Ancient, classical and medieval texts