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Hands at Work
A Study of Banausic Craft
in Early Arabic Poetry

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Three stylized lilies appear against a yellow background on this Persian tile of the seventeenth century.

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and translations

The front cover of Names of the Lion by Ibn Khalawayh, edited and translated by David Larsen, and published by Wave Books in 2017. There is no image on this book's cover, only text.

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April 27, 2024

If in Abu Dhabi 2.0

A tan-colored poster announces a talk by David Larsen with the title 'The Bend in Arabic: Metaphors to Lean By in the Poetry of Jamil Buthaynah,' happening at noon Monday 29 April at NYU Abu Dhabi, and also on Zoom. The poster displays eleven lines of Andalusi Arabic script, identified on the poster as a page from the Book of Songs of Abu al-Faraj al-Isbahani

For captioned video, follow this link.

tr. by David Larsen at 6:59 AM

Labels: Announcements , Arabic poetry

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