Red Pomegranates: Love, Beauty and Deceit : : Arabic Poetry about, for, and by Women / / Mishael M. Caspi, Mohammad Jiyad, Bshara Marjiyah.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• VerfasserIn: Caspi, Mishael M.,; Jiyad, Mohammad,; Marjiyah, Bshara,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]; ©2020
• Any de publicació: 2020
• Idioma: English
• Col·lecció: Islamkundliche Untersuchungen , 313
• Descripció física: 1 online resource (324 p.)

This four-part book focuses on the voice of women in principally the Arab and Islamic world, a world which because of demographics has become almost universal. By employing the symbol of the red pomegranates the authors symbolize a woman's nurturing, life-sustaining, and loving powers while sim...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Dedication
• Preliminary Remarks Concerning Poetry and Narrative about Arab Women
• General Introduction
• A Flame of Love
• Oral Poetry
• Women’s Deceit. A Qur’anic Perspective with Medieval Commentary
• Poetry of Twenty Female Arab Poets