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Arabic Poems

By Marle Hammond

Arabic Poems

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The Arabic poetic legacy is as vast as it is deep, spanning a period of fifteen centuries in regions from Morocco to Iraq. As a unifying principle, editor Marlé Hammond has selected eighty poems reflecting desire and longing of various kinds: for the beloved, for the divine, for the homeland, and for change and renewal. Poets include the legendary pre-Islamic warrior 'Antara Ibn Shaddad, medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Zaydun, the wandering poet Al-A'sha, and the influential Egyptian Romantic Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi. Here too are literary giants of the past century: Khalil Jibran, author of the bestselling The Prophet; popular Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani; Palestinian feminist Fadwa Tuqan; Mahmoud Darwish, bard of occupation and exile; acclaimed iconoclast Adonis, and more. In their evocations of heroism, nostalgia, mysticism, grief, and passion, the poems gathered here transcend the limitations of time and place.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2014-06-26
Publication Date:
2014-06-26
Publisher:
Everyman
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1841597988
ISBN13:
9781841597980
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
252 g
Height:
111 cm
Width:
165 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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