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Colorful contrasts abound. . . . Quite entertaining. * The Complete Review * [Ḥmēdān's] gift for the memorable turn of phrase has ensured that his poetry has never been forgotten… A handsomely produced volume of 'melodic verses that swell and roll / like roaring waves on a pitch-black sea.' * IASA Bulletin *

Colorful contrasts abound. . . . Quite entertaining. * The Complete Review *

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Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir (Author) Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir was an early eighteenth-century poet from the region of Najd in the Arabian Peninsula, in what is now Saudi Arabia. Jane Tylus (Foreword by) Jane Tylus, a specialist in late medieval and early modern European literature, religion, and culture, is Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at Yale University. Marcel Kurpershoek (Translator) Marcel Kurpershoek is a specialist in the oral traditions and poetry of Arabia. He is the author of the five-volume Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, as well as several books on Middle Eastern history and culture. He served as Netherlands ambassador to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Poland, and as special envoy to Syria until 2015.

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