Arabian Satire: Poetry from 18th-Century Najd by Ḥmēd&#2 Al-Shwēʿir

Arabian Satire: Poetry from 18th-Century Najd

Ḥmēd Al-Shwēʿir with Marcel Kurpershoek (Translator)

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fiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
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This lively volume collects poems by Hmedan al-Shwe'ir, who lived in Najd in the Arabian Peninsula shortly before the hegemony of the Wahhabi movement in the early eighteenth century. A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation...

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