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Document Type:Collection
Title:Oral poetry and narratives from Central Arabia / [edited by] P. Marcel Kurpershoek.
Added Author: Kupershoek, P.M.
Publisher: Leiden : Brill, 1994-2005.
Pages:5 v. : ill., maps.
Language:English
ISBN:9004112766
Bibliographic Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:1. The poetry of ad-Dindan -- 2. The story of a desert knight -- 3. Bedouin poets of the Dawasir tribe -- 4. A Saudi tribal history : honour and faith in the traditions of the Dawasir -- 5. Voices from the desert : glossary, indices, and list of recordings.
Descriptors: Poetry, Oral -- Saudi Arabia Poetry, Colloquial
Series: Studies in Arabic literature 17
 

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