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ISBN: 9780863568091 - Arabia of the Bedouins Arabia of the Bedouins
Marcel Kurpershoek

ISBN10: 0863568092  ISBN13: 9780863568091
Publisher: Saqi Books
Edition: English & 196
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Oct 2001
In 1986 Marcel Kurpershoek, a Dutch diplomat, was posted to Saudi Arabia. There, he started exploring the country's vast deserts and hunting in the Rub' al-Khali, the Empty Quarter.Three years later, having familiarised himself with the Bedouin... More

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ISBN: 9789004098947 - Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia Volume 1 the Poetry of Ad-Dindan: A Bedouin Bard in Southern Najd Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia Volume 1 the Poetry of Ad-Dindan: A Bedouin Bard in Southern Najd
Kurpershoek, P Marcel P M Kurpershoek

ISBN10: 9004098941  ISBN13: 9789004098947
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Feb 1994
Preface and Acknowledgments Note on Transcription Illustrations Introduction 1I The Poet 3 ad-Dindan 3 The Poet and his Art 16II The Poetry 29 General 29 The Nasib: Originality and Conventionality 33 Parts of the Nasib 38 The... More

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ISBN: 9789004101029 - Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia II: The Story of a Desert Knight Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia II: The Story of a Desert Knight
Kurpershoek, P Marcel

ISBN10: 9004101020  ISBN13: 9789004101029
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Mar 1995
Acknowledgments Notation Symbols Illustrations Introduction 1 Preface: the Poet and the Rawi 3 Bedouin Oral Culture 10 Transmission of Poetry 10 The Sheikhs of ar-Rugah and the Village Poet 13 Muhig al-Gannami 15 Entertainment in... More

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ISBN: 9789004112766 - Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 3 Bedouin Poets of the Dawasir Tribe: Between Nomadism and Settlement in Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 3 Bedouin Poets of the Dawasir Tribe: Between Nomadism and Settlement in
Kurpershoek, P Marcel

ISBN10: 9004112766  ISBN13: 9789004112766
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Feb 1999
Analyzing the work of four contemporary Bedouin poets of the Dawasir tribe in southern Najd, this text examines the poetry within the context of the Najd oral tradition; the poets' role in this society; and the mirroring of the society's self... More