{"product_id":"classical-poems-by-arab-women-an-anthology-9780863569340","title":"Classical Poems by Arab Women: An Anthology","description":"Arab women poets have been around since the earliest of times, yet\u003cbr\u003etheir \u003ci\u003ediwans\u003c\/i\u003e (collected poems) were kept in the shadows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning more than 5000 years, from the pre-Islamic to the Andalusian\u003cbr\u003eperiods, \u003ci\u003eClassical Poems by Arab Women\u003c\/i\u003e presents rarely seen work by over sixty women writers who boldly refused to be silenced. From sorrowful eulogies to gleeful scorn, this collection offers a rich excursion into the vibrant, exclusively female worlds of pleasure, passion and pain, suppressed for\u003cbr\u003ecenturies by religious and political bigotry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith poems in both English and Arabic, this bespoke gift edition celebrates feminine wit and desire, and pays homage to the significant contribution women have made to Arabic literary tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbdullah al-Udhari was born in Taiz, Yemen, in 1941. He studied\u003cbr\u003eclassical Arab literature and Sabaean epigraphy at London University, where he\u003cbr\u003ealso received a doctorate for his pioneering study, \u003ci\u003eJahili Poetry before\u003cbr\u003eImru al-Qais (4000 BCE-500 CE)\u003c\/i\u003e, which established him as an authority on\u003cbr\u003eearly Jahili literature. A literary historian, poet and storyteller, he is also\u003cbr\u003ethe author of \u003ci\u003eVictims of a Map: A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e(by\u003cbr\u003eSaqi Books), \u003ci\u003eVoice Without Passport\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Arab Creation Myth\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003cbr\u003eModern Poetry of the Arab World.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Saqi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51184838508818,"sku":"9780863569340","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f8ad5a3e-d60b-43b0-8f8e-2f0b903e9494.jpg?v=1744579115","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/classical-poems-by-arab-women-an-anthology-9780863569340","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}