Classical Poems by Arab Women

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Saqi Books, 1999 - Poetry - 240 pages
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.

Contents

II
26
III
28
IV
34
V
38
VI
42
VII
44
VIII
46
IX
48
XXXV
132
XXXVI
134
XXXVII
136
XXXVIII
138
XXXIX
140
XL
142
XLI
144
XLII
146

X
50
XI
52
XII
56
XIII
58
XIV
64
XV
72
XVI
76
XVII
78
XVIII
80
XIX
84
XX
86
XXI
90
XXII
92
XXIII
94
XXIV
96
XXV
100
XXVI
102
XXVII
106
XXVIII
108
XXIX
120
XXX
122
XXXI
124
XXXII
126
XXXIII
128
XXXIV
130
XLIII
148
XLIV
152
XLV
156
XLVI
160
XLVII
162
XLVIII
164
XLIX
168
L
176
LI
178
LII
182
LIII
184
LIV
196
LV
198
LVI
200
LVII
204
LVIII
206
LIX
208
LX
210
LXI
212
LXII
232
LXIII
234
LXIV
236
LXV
240
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