Arabic Classics: Love Poems & Love Letters

Oct 24

Classic Arabic Love Poems


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Since earliest history of the Arabic peoples, a love poem has been an important literary mode. The romantic odes often do not resonate with Westerners in the same way that the pastoral epics from the same period in Western literary history, but they represent a significant literary form to those who read, write or study Arabic literature. A love letter from an Arabic man tends to be more sexually explicit than a love letter from a Westerner. The Arabic love poemRead the rest of this entry >>