Harvesting the Sea in Southeastern Arabia / Erik Anonby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anonby, Erik, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Dialects.

Arabic language.

South Arabian languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 735 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2025.

Summary:

Traditional livelihoods and the ecosystems that sustain them are dying out around the world. This book is a collection of research on the relationships between people, their environment, their expertise and their languages along the ecologically fragile coasts of the Arabian Peninsula. These studies are the outcome of many years of collaborative fieldwork with local communities in three main regions of southern and eastern Arabia: the Musandam Peninsula, Dhofar and al-Mahrah, and the island of Soqotra. Bringing together oral literature, traditional scientific knowledge, and marine subsistence at the peripheries of the Arabian seaboard, the volume makes a major contribution to the documentation of the indigenous Modern South Arabian languages (MSAL), regional Arabic, and the Kumzari language, as well as to a greater understanding of their speakers' mastery in harvesting the seas. Diverse contributions by scholars and language community members explore the songs and stories, experiences and viewpoints of indigenous fishers, and shed light on the cultural significance of the maritime species encountered by each community. This book is a testimony to resilient ways of life, many of which have vanished, but which at the same time may offer unique answers for the future of humanity.

Contents:

Harvesting the Sea in Southeastern Arabia: Introduction

(pp. 1-26)

Miranda J. MorrisJanet C.E. WatsonErik Anonby

A Typology of Fish Names in Kumzari

(pp. 31-90)

AbdulQader Qasim Ali Al KamzariErik Anonby

Mṣaww wa Maḥḥar: The Sea in Kumzari Poetry

(pp. 91-106)

Christina van der Wal Anonby

Three Arabic Fishing Songs from the Musandam Peninsula

(pp. 107-164)

Erik AnonbySimone Bettega

Harvesting the Sea among the Bəṭāḥira

(pp. 169-336)

Miranda J. Morris

Harvesting the Sea in Central Monsoon Dhofar and al-Mahrah

(pp. 341-422)

Janet C.E. WatsonSaid BaquirMiranda J. MorrisAlec Moore

Harvesting the Sea in Soqoṭra

(pp. 427-722)

Mubārak ˁĪsa Walīd al-SoqoṭriAḥmad Saˁd Taḥkí al-SoqoṭriMiranda J. Morris.

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