Classical Poems by Arab WomenAbdullah Udhari A collection of poetry by Arab women from the Jahiliyya (pre-Islamic era) to the Andalusian period. The poems celebrate the triumph of feminine wit over the arrogance of muscle power, in a period when women were suppressed by religious and political bigotry. |
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Introduction | 13 |
220 | 32 |
Safiyya bint Khalid alBahiliyya | 44 |
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Aa'isha bint Aadis Aasiya Abbad Abbasid Abbasid Period Abu Ja'far Afira al-Mu'tasim Allah Andalus Andalusian Anonymous Arab poetry Asma'i Barraq Basus War brother Buthaina Caliph Caliph Mahdi century concubine crying Dahna daughter death eyes father following poem garden gazelle girl Hafsa Hafsa bint Hajjaj husband I'timad Ibn Ammar ibn Yusuf Ibn Zaidun Islam Jadisi Jahiliyya Jalila Jassas Jibreel Juml Ka'b Khansa Kharijis killed kiss known Kulaib Laila bint Lord Maisun Majnun married Mu'tamid Muslim night noble paradise Poems by Arab prince Prophet Muhammad Qasmuna Qur'an Salih slavelovers Taghlibi Taqiyya Tasmi king Thamudis Thawab Umaima Umayyad vizier Wallada Wallada bint al-Mustakfi woman women poets wrote Yaqub al-Mansur Yusuf ibn Zabba أرى ألا أن إذا إلا إلى إن الذي الله الهوى بعد به بين ذا على عن فما في قد كان كل كما لا لم لما لنا له لها لو لي ما من منه وإن وجد وقد ولا وما يا
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Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures Sahar Amer No preview available - 2013 |