Mahd al-Aadiyya (Arabic: مَهد العادية) was supposedly an Arab poet from around 4000 BCE.[1] She is unlikely to have existed:[2] Rather she is a chronicle character who is portrayed uttering the earliest example of a muzdawaj (heroic couplet) form[1] warning the people of ʿĀd of their impending destruction by Allah, in accordance with the prophecies of the prophet Hud.

Anthologies

Classical Poems by Arab Women; translated by Abdullah al-Udhari, Saqi Books, 1999. ISBN 086356-096-2[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Abdullah al-Udhari (ed. and trans.), Classical Poems by Arab Women: A Bilingual Anthology, (London: Saqi Books, 1999), pp. 26-27.
  2. ^ Roger Allen, review of: Approaches to Classical Arabic Poetry - Identification and Identity in Classical Arabic Poetry, M. C. Lyons, Gibb Literary Studies, 2 (Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1999).
    - Roger Allen, review of: Abdullah Al-Udhar, Classical Poems by Arab Women: A Bilingual Anthology, in Review of Middle East Studies, 35:2 (2001), 201-3 (at p. 202). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026318400043352.
  3. ^ Moris Farhi (2001). "Classical Poems by Arab Women (review)". Modern Poetry in Translation. 17. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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