{"product_id":"arabic-poems-9780375712432","title":"Arabic Poems","description":"A bilingual anthology of poems from the sixth century to the present, \u003ci\u003eArabic Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is a one-of-a-kind showcase of a fascinating literary tradition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Arabic poetic legacy is as vast as it is deep, spanning a period of fifteen centuries in regions from Morocco to Iraq. Themes of love, nature, religion, and politics recur in works drawn from the pre-Islamic oral tradition through poems anticipating the recent Arab Spring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Editor Marl  Hammond has selected more than fifty 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, medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Zaydun, the mystical poet Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya, and the influential Egyptian Romantic Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi. Here too are literary giants of the past century: Khalil Jibran, author of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eThe Prophet;\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARLÉ HAMMOND\u003c\/b\u003e, a Lecturer in Arabic Popular Literature and Culture at SOAS, University of London, is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Elegy: Classical Arabic Women's Poetry in Context\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649792905490,"sku":"9780375712432","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb8e62e4-3bba-4de0-9bc8-1560dcd512ee.jpg?v=1733273919","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/arabic-poems-9780375712432","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}