Classical Poems by Arab Women

An Anthology

Classical Poems by Arab Women spans 5,000 years, showcasing over fifty female poets from pre-Islamic to Andalusian periods. Featuring poems from Khansa’s sorrowful eulogies to Wallada bint al-Mustakfi’s scornful verses, this bilingual collection celebrates the bold, often suppressed voices of Arab women in literary history.

Arab 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 5,000 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 features the work of Arab women who boldly refused to be silenced. The poems are excursions into their vibrant world whose humanity has been suppressed for centuries by religious and political bigotry.

With poems in both English and Arabic, this remarkable anthology celebrates feminine wit and desire, and shows the significant contribution Arab women made to the literary tradition.

Contributor: Laura Maggi (Illustrated by), Abdullah al-Udhari (Volume editor)

Illustrator: Laura Maggi

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