Classical Poems by Arab Women (A Bilingual Anthology)
Editorial SAQI BOOKS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher SAQI BOOKS
- ISBN13 9780863560477
- ISBN10 0863560474
- Type BOOK
- Pages 241
- Published 2017
- Language Arabic, English
- Bookbinding Paperback
Classical Poems by Arab Women (A Bilingual Anthology)
Editorial SAQI BOOKS
Mainland Spain
Book details
Arab women poets have been around since the earliest of times, yet their diwans (collected poems) were not given the same consideration as their male counterparts'. Spanning 5,000 years, from the pre-Islamic to the Andalusian periods, Classical Poems by Arab Women presents rarely seen work by over fifty women writers for the first time. From the sorrowful eulogies of Khansa to the gleeful scorn of Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, this collection exclusively features the work of Arab women who boldly refused to be silenced. The poems are excursions into their vibrant world whose humanity has been suppressed for centuries by religious and political bigotry. With poems in both English and Arabic, this remarkable anthology celebrates feminine wit and desire, and shows the significant contribution Arab women made to the literary tradition.