ARABIC POEMS: Translation (Everyman's Pocket Poets) by Marle Hammond

ARABIC POEMS: Translation (Everyman's Pocket Poets) by Marle HammondA bilingual anthology of poems from the sixth century to the present, Arabic Poems is a one of a kind showcase of a fascinating literary tradition. The Arabic poetic legacy is as vast as it is deep, spanning a period of fifteen centuries in regions from Morocco to Iraq. Themes of love, nature, religion, and politics recur in works drawn from the pre Islamic oral tradition through poems anticipating the recent Arab Spring. Editor Marl Hammond has

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