Author: Udhari, Abdullah, 1941-
Publication year: 1999
Format: Hardback
Publisher: London : Saqi,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780863560477 (pbk.) : 9780863560965 (hbk.) :
Notes:
This is a collection of poetry by Arab women from the Jahiliyya (pre-Islamic era) to the Andalusian period. The poems celebrate the triumph of feminine wit over the arrogance of muscle power, in a period when women were suppressed by bigotry.
Parallel texts in Arabic and English.