Nafaḥāt nabaṭiyya min al-Imārāt al-ʻarabiyya = The nabaṭī poetry of the United Arab Emirates : selected poems, annotated and translated into English / Clive Holes & Said Salman Abu Athera.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holes, Clive, 1948-

Abu Athera, Said Salman.

ابو عاذرة، سعيد سلمان.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic poetry--United Arab Emirates--Translations into English.

Arabic poetry.

Folk poetry, Arabic--United Arab Emirates--Translations into English.

Folk poetry, Arabic.

Dialect poetry, Arabic--United Arab Emirates--Translations into English.

Dialect poetry, Arabic.

Arabic poetry--Bedouin authors--Translations into English.

United Arab Emirates.

Genre:

Poetry readings (Sound recordings)

Folk poetry.

Dialect poetry.

Translations.

Poetry readings -- Accompanying CD:

Physical Description:

x, 240 pages ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Nabaṭī poetry of the United Arab Emirates

Place of Publication:

Reading, England : Ithaca Press, 2011.

Reading, U.K. : Ithaca Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English and Arabic.

System Details:

1.4 m/s

digital recording

Summary:

Accompanying CD contains ... "selected poems read in the original Arabic by Emirati poet, Muhammad bin 'Abdallah al-Brayki ... and the Emirati poetess Huda al-Sa'di."--CD label.

Contents:

Boasting poems

Patriotic poems

Religious poems

The skill of the poet and the importance of poetry

Hunting poems

Dialogue poems and correspondence in poetry

Love poems

Social poems

Poems of advice and guidance

Eligies.

Notes:

Audio CD contains selected poems read in the original Arabic by Muhammad bin 'Abdallah al-Brayki and Huda al-Sa'di.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-240).

ISBN:

9780863723780

0863723780

OCLC:

705518819