{"product_id":"love-death-fame-al-myid-ib-hir-9781479806577","title":"Love, Death, Fame: Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems and tales of a literary forefather of the United Arab Emirates\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove, Death, Fame \u003c\/i\u003efeatures the poetry of al-Māyidī ibn Ẓāhir, who has been embraced as the earliest poet in what would later become the United Arab Emirates. Although little is known about his life, he is the subject of a sizeable body of folk legend and is thought to have lived in the seventeenth century, in the area now called the Emirates. The tales included in \u003ci\u003eLove, Death, Fame\u003c\/i\u003e portray him as a witty, resourceful, scruffy poet, at times combative and at times kindhearted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis poetry primarily features verses of wisdom and romance, with scenes of clouds and rain, desert migrations, seafaring, and pearl diving. Like \u003ci\u003eArabian Romantic \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eArabian Satire, \u003c\/i\u003ethis collection is a prime example of Nabaṭī poetry, combining vernacular language of the Arabian Peninsula with archaic vocabulary and images dating to Arabic poetry's very origins. Distinguished by Ibn Ẓāhir's unique voice\u003ci\u003e, Love, Death, Fame \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a glimpse of what life was like four centuries ago in the region that is now the UAE. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bilingual Arabic-English edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Al-Māyidī Ib Ẓāhir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479806579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479806577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.50d","brand":"Al-M\u0026#257;yid\u0026#299; Ib \u0026#7826;\u0026#257;hir","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43945518006527,"sku":"9781479806577","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b8e75b38-19ad-4430-938f-f2d22b7e11c6.jpg?v=1681508679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-death-fame-al-myid-ib-hir-9781479806577","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}