Description
The Book of Songs of Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (AD 897-971) is the most extensive collection of anecdotes from pre-Islam Mecca, Medina, Damascus and Baghdad. Entertaining and informative, these gems have remained largely inaccessible to the Western readers. This new translation presents the complete collection of love stories and poems, biting satires, daring erotic encounters, bathroom humor and hilariously detailed descriptions of genitalia, sex toys and sex positions, along with stories praising and criticizing both homosexuality and heterosexuality-topics that set the tone for the Arabian Nights centuries later.
About the Author
George Dimitri Sawa has written 50 articles and four books and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on medieval, modern, and religious music of the Middle East at the University of Toronto, Canada and at York University, USA. In 2005, he received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture for his research in Arabic music history. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Book Information
ISBN 9781476663654
Author Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani
Format Paperback
Page Count 172
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
About the Author
George Dimitri Sawa has written 50 articles and four books and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on medieval, modern, and religious music of the Middle East at the University of Toronto, Canada and at York University, USA. In 2005, he received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture for his research in Arabic music history. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Book Information
ISBN 9781476663654
Author Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani
Format Paperback
Page Count 172
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
