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    Arabian Hero

    Shayi? al-Amsa?

    The heroic deeds and words of a warrior poet of northern Arabia

    An epic hero and a poet, the semi-legendary Shayi? al-Amsa? was a prominent ancestor of the Shammar tribal…

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    Arabian Satire: Poetry from 18th-Century Najd

    Hmedan al-Shwe'ir

    Satirical verse on society and its hypocrisies

    A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hija’), the poet Hmedan al-Shwe'ir was an acerbic critic of…

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    Bedouin Poets of the Nafud Desert

    Khalaf Abu Zwayyid, ?Adwan al-Hirbid, ?Ajlan ibn Rmal

    A collection of poems from a changing Bedouin world

    Bedouin Poets of the Nafud Desert features poetry from three poets of the Ibn Rashid dynasty-the highwater mark of Bedouin culture…

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    The Short Stories of Yusuf Idris: A Modern Egyptian Author

    Kurpershoek

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    Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia (5 vols)

    Kurpershoek

    This 5-volume set includes:
    * Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Vol. 1: Poetry of ad-Dindan. A Bedouin Bard in Southern Najd (edition with translation and introduction), * Oral…

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    Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 4 Saudi Tribal History: Honour and Faith in the Traditions of the Dawasir

    Kurpershoek

    This work analyzes the oral traditions of the Dawasir tribal confederation in the area of Wadi ad-Dawasir, south of Riyadh. It covers the tribe’s self-image and its symbiosis of Bedouin…

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    Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 2 Story of a Desert Knight

    Marcel Kurpershoek

    This volume presents in translation and transcription the oral text of narratives about and poems by Slewih?, one of Arabia's most famous nineteenth-century robber barons, recorded by Xalid, a sheikh…

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    Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 3 Bedouin Poets of the Dawasir Tribe

    Marcel Kurpershoek

    This volume presents and analyses the work of four contemporary Saudi Bedouin poets, based on taped records, with special emphasis on this poetry's reflection of the tribal society's evolving self-image…

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    Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 4 Saudi Tribal History

    P.M. Kurpershoek

    A Saudi Tribal History, the fourth volume of Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, presents the oral traditions of the Dawasir tribal confederation which continue to shape its members'…

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    Voices from the Desert: Glossary, Indices, and List of Recordings

    Marcel Kurpershoek

    The Voice from the Desert is the fifth and concluding volume of the Corpus Poetry & Narratives from Central Arabia. It presents a consolidated Glossary and the Indices for the…

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    Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 3 Bedouin Poets of the Dawasir Tribe: Between Nomadism and Settlement in Southern Najd

    Marcel Kurpershoek

    This third volume in the author’s series Oral Poetry & Narratives from Central Arabia presents and analyses the work of four contemporary Bedouin poets of the Dawasir tribe in southern…

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    Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 1 Poetry of ad-Dindan

    Marcel Kurpershoek

    This work presents the complete collection of oral poetry of a bedouin poet in Central Arabia-transcribed and translated on the basis of taped recordings-, an extensive glossary, and chapters on…

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    Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 2 Story of a Desert Knight: The Legend of Slewih al-‘At awi and other 'Utaybah Heroes. An Edition with Translation and Introduction

    Marcel Kurpershoek

    This volume presents in translation and transcription the oral text of narratives about and poems by Slewih , one of Arabia’s most famous nineteenth-century robber barons, recorded by Xalid, a…

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    Voices from the Desert

    Marcel Kurpershoek

    The Voice from the Desert is the fifth and concluding volume of the Corpus Poetry & Narratives from Central Arabia. It presents a consolidated Glossary and the Indices for the…

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    Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 1 Poetry of ad-Dindan: A Bedouin Bard in Southern Najd. An Edition with Translation and Introduction

    Marcel Kurpershoek,Ad-Dindan

    This work presents the complete collection of oral poetry of a bedouin poet in Central Arabia-transcribed and translated on the basis of taped recordings-, an extensive glossary, and chapters on…

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    Italian Frescoes

    Ernest Kurpershoek

    History of fresco painting. The only book with chronological and topographical overview and background information on frescoes in Italy, the richest art treasury in the world: The technique of fresco…

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    Arabian Romantic: Poems on Bedouin Life and Love

    'Abdallah ibn Sbayyil

    Scenes from Arabian life at the turn of the twentieth century –

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    Love, Death, Fame

    al-Mayidi ibn ?ahir

    Poems and tales of a literary forefather of the United Arab Emirates

    Love, Death, Fame features the poetry of al-Mayidi ibn ?ahir, who has been embraced as the earliest poet…

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    Arabian Romantic: Poems on Bedouin Life and Love

    'Abdallah ibn Sbayyil

    Scenes from Arabian life at the turn of the twentieth century –

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    Love, Death, Fame: Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral Tradition

    al-Mayidi ibn Zahir

    the poetry of al-Maayidai ibn oZaahir, the earliest poet in what would later become the United Arab Emirates –

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    Arabian Satire: Poetry from 18th-Century Najd

    Hmedan al-Shwe'ir

    Satirical verse on society and its hypocrisies

    A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hija’), the poet Hmedan al-Shwe'ir was an acerbic critic of…

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