(English;Arabic)
Bailey, Clinton
Thesiger, Wilfred
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Hardcover
496 pages
Frontispiece, 8 Pp Plates, 5 Maps
Language: Arabic
Published: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0198265476
Like other non-literate peoples, the Bedouin have a strong oral tradition and use poetry for all forms of communication and entertainment. The author has spent 20 years studying the Bedouin of Sinai and the Negev and their poetry, and this book presents