Bedouin Poets of the Nafūd Desert

Bys: Ab&#363, Zwayyid, Khalaf, Al-Hirbīd, ʿadwān, et al.

A collection of poems from a changing Bedouin world

Bedouin Poets of the Nafūd Desert features poetry from three poets of the Ibn Rashīd dynasty-the highwater mark of Bedouin culture in the nineteenth century. Khalaf Abū Zwayyid, ʿAdwān al-Hirbīd, and ʿAjlān ibn Rmāl belonged to tribes based around the area of Jabal Shammar in northern Arabia. A cultural and political center for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479826154
• ISBN13: 9781479826155
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"