Arabian Satire: Poetry from 18th-Century Najd (Al-Shwēʿir Ḥmēd)(Paperback)

Arabian Satire: Poetry from 18th-Century Najd (Al-Shwēʿir Ḥmēd)(Paperback)

Arabian Satire: Poetry from 18th-Century Najd (Al-Shwēʿir Ḥmēd)(Paperback)

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Satirical verse on society and its hypocrisies

A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hijāʾ), the poet Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir was an acerbic critic of his society and its morals. Living in the Najd region of the Arabian Peninsula, Ḥmēdān wrote in an idiom widely referred to as 'Nabaṭī,' here a mix of Najdī vernacular and archaic vocabulary and images dating to the origins of Arabic poetry. In Arabian Satire, Ḥmēdān is mostly concerned with worldly matters and addresses these in different guises: as the patriarch at the helm of the family boat and its unruly crew; as a picaresque anti-hero who revels in taking potshots at the established order, its hypocrisy, and its failings; as a peasant who labors over his palm trees, often to no

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