Classical Poems by Arab Women muslim household ISBN-13: ‎978-0954738044

ISBN-13: ‎978-0954738044

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Through the words of these two saints

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this intimate biography vividly brings to life the story of an exceptional and courageous woman

Classical Poems by Arab Women muslim household ISBN-13: ‎978-0954738044Arab 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 7,000 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