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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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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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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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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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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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