{"product_id":"9780863569340-classical-poems-by-arab-women","title":"Classical Poems by Arab Women","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Anthology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClassical Poems by Arab Women\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eArab 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning 5,000 years, from the pre-Islamic to the Andalusian periods, \u003cem\u003eClassical Poems by Arab Women\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53533776249206,"sku":"9780863569340","price":14.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_12906818_18084_20241125114252.jpg?v=1732542784","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780863569340-classical-poems-by-arab-women","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}