Classical Poems by Arab Women muslim household to a hair-rising scene

to a hair-rising scene

Imam Junayd has said

this intimate biography vividly brings to life the story of an exceptional and courageous woman

”  (New York Times)

who regarded Hallaj as a model

Classical Poems by Arab Women muslim household to a hair-rising sceneArab 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 7,000 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