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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

 
NYU Press (2018)

War Songs presents the poetry attributed to 'Antarah ibn Shaddad and includes a selection of poems taken from the later Epic of 'Antar, a popular story-cycle that continues to captivate and charm Arab audiences to this day with tales of its hero’s titanic feats of strength and endurance. 'Antarah’s voice resonates here, for the first time in vibrant, contemporary English, intoning its eternal truths: commitment to one’s beliefs, loyalty to kith and kin, and fidelity in love.

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