Baghdad: The City in Verse

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Baghdad

The City in Verse

Edited by: Reuven Snir

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2013

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Baghdad: The City in Verse captures the essence of life lived in one of the world's enduring metropolises. This unusual anthology offers original translations of 170 Arabic poems from Bedouin, Muslim, Christian, Kurdish, and Jewish poets--most for the first time in English--from Baghdad's founding in the eighth century to the present day.

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Snir Reuven :

Reuven Snir is Professor of Arabic Literature and Dean of Humanities at the University of Haifa.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xxi
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xxvii
Translator’s Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xxxiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Muti‘ ibn Iyas (704– 85): [Stars Whirling in the Dark] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
Muti‘ ibn Iyas (704– 85): [Raindrops of Dust] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	54
‘Abd Allah ibn al- Mubarak (736– 97): [The Pious Ascetic in Baghdad] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
Anon.: [Paradise Lost] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	56
Anon.: [House of Calamity] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	57
Anon.: [Men’s Souls Are Sick] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	58
Anon.: [I Am Leaving] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
Anon.: [Mean as They Are] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	60
Anon.: [Ornamented Rhetoric and Lies] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
Anon.: [Comparison] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	62
Anon.: [Never Again] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
al-‘Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf (750– 809): [Oh Sun of Baghdad!] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	64
al-‘Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf (750– 809): [From Harun al-Rashid’s Mouth] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	65
al-‘Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf: [The Eye’s Greatest Delight] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	65
Harun al-Rashid (763– 809): [I Will Not Forgive Myself] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	66
Shamsa (eighth century): [Separation] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
Anon.: [I Weep Blood ] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	68
Anon.: [Compulsory Pilgrimage] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	70
Mansur al-Namari: (?– 809) [Breeze] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	71
Ashja‘ al-Sulami: (?– 810) [Palaces] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	72
Abu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami) (747– 62–813–15): [Pilgrimage] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	73
Abu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami): [Ships] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	74
Abu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami): [April Morning] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
‘Inan (eighth century): [Plowing] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	76
‘Amr ibn ‘Abd al- Malik al- Warraq (?– 815): [An Evil Eye] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
‘Amr ibn ‘Abd al- Malik al- Warraq (?– 815): [Disgrace] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	78
Tahir ibn al- Husayn al- Khuza‘i (776– 822): [Your Night, Oh Baghdad] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	80
‘Ali ibn Jabala al- Ansari (known as al-‘Akawwak) (776– 828): [Exile] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	81
Ishaq al- Khuraymi (?– 829): [Elegy] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	82
Ishaq al- Mawsili (767– 850): [Weeping] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	86
Al-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak (778– 870): [Only Sorrow] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	87
Al-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak (778– 870): [Their Veils Were Torn] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
‘Abd Allah ibn Tahir (798– 844): [Th e Wailing Pigeon] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	90
‘Umara ibn ‘Aqil (798– 853): [Dung] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	92
‘Umara ibn ‘Aqil (798– 853): [Tranquil Abode] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
‘Umara ibn ‘Aqil (798– 853): [Nothing Is Like Baghdad] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	94
‘Ali ibn al-Jahm (804– 63): [Does’ Eyes] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	95
‘Ali ibn al-Jahm (804– 63): [At al-Karkh’s Gate] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	98
‘Ali ibn al-Jahm (804– 63): [Ceaseless Rain] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Bafi (?– 893): [Communion] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
Ibn Dust (ninth century): [Tuesday] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	102
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Brujardi (ninth century): [Tuesday Is for Plea sure] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
al-Walid ibn ‘Ubayd Allah al-Buhturi (820– 97): [Desire between Ribs] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	104
Ibn al-Rumi (836– 96): [Tuesday Is Not Only Tuesday] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
Ibn al-Rumi (836– 96): [Imagination] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
Ibn al-Rumi (836– 96): [Wahid, the Singer] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	106
Ibn al-Rumi (836– 96): [Red- Dyed Finger] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	109
Adam ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Umawi (ninth century): [Deprived of Sleep] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
Abu al-‘Aliya (ninth century): [Th e Hand of Generosity Is Crippled] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	111
‘Ali ibn Abi Hashim (tenth century): [Builders Build for Ruins] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	112
‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mu‘tazz (861– 909): [The Traces of Her Bite] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mu‘tazz (861– 909): [Squeezed by an Old Woman] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mu‘tazz (861– 909): [Thick Smoke] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mu‘tazz (861– 909): [Waistbands] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	114
‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mu‘tazz (861– 909): [White Roses] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	114
‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mu‘tazz (861– 909): [Full of Blood] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	115
Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Isfahani (868– 909): [Pain of Skinning] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	116
‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Tahir (?– 913): [Could a Lover Leave?] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
‘Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Wasiti (?– 919): [Temple for the Hearts] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	118
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858– 922): [Tell the Gazelle] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858– 922): [Ordained by Christ] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858– 922): [I Am Whom I Love] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858– 922): [States] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	120
Abu ‘Abd Allah Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Niftawayhi (858– 935): [Perpetual Rain] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	121
Anon. (tenth century): [Only Death] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	122
Anon. (tenth century): [Th e Breast Beater] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
Ibn al-Tammar al-Wasiti (tenth century): [Golden Bridge] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	124
‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tanukhi (892– 953): [Moon and River] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	125
Mansur ibn Kayaghlagh (?– 960): [Moon] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
Abu Ishaq al-Sabi (925– 94): [Basra and Baghdad] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Jurjani (928–1002): [Garments of Mourning] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	128
Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Jurjani (928–1002): [Downpour of Tears] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	129
al-Sharif al-Radi (930–77): [Camels’ Saliva] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	130
al-Tahir ibn al-Muzaff ar ibn Tahir al-Khazin (tenth century?): [Sweeter than Wine] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	131
‘Ali ibn al-Faraj al-Shafi ‘i (tenth century?): [Elephants on Mercury] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	132
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Salami (947–1002): [Busy Square] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
Ma‘dan al-Taghlibi (eleventh century): [Promised Land] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	134
Abu Sa‘d Muhmmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Khalaf al-Nayramani (?–1023): [I Am Your Ransom] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	135
‘Ali ibn Zurayq Abu al-Hasan al-Baghdadi (?–1029): [Moon over Baghdad] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
‘Ali ibn Zurayq Abu al-Hasan al-Baghdadi (?–1029): [Baghdad’s People] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	139
Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?–1031): [Baghdad’s Air] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	140
Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?–1031): [A Qur’an in an Unbeliever’s House] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	140
Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?–1031): [Like a Friend] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
al-Sharif al-Murtada (965–1044): [Gazelle] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	142
Abu al-‘Ala’ al-Ma‘arri (973–1058): [Love] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
Abu al-‘Ala’ al-Ma‘arri (973–1058): [Farewell] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
Abu al-‘Ala’ al-Ma‘arri (973–1058): [Sadness] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	144
Abu al-‘Ala’ al-Ma‘arri (973–1058): [Deserted Beloved] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	144
Abu al-‘Ala’ al-Ma‘arri (973–1058): [Oh Treasurer!] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	145
Abu al- Ma‘ali (1028–85): [Bearded Boy] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	147
Abu al-Fadl ibn Muhammad al-Khazin al-Katib (?–1131): [‘Antar and ‘Abla] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	148
Abu al-Fadl ibn Muhammad al-Khazin al-Katib (?–1131): [No Nobleman in the Valley] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	148
Usama ibn Munqidh (1095–1188): [Scales of Justice] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Shumay‘a al-Baghdadi (thirteenth century): [The “How Are You?” People] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	150
Muhyi al-Din ibn al-‘Arabi (1165– 1240): [Melancholic Dove] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
Muhyi al-Din ibn al-‘Arabi (1165– 1240): [The Most Beloved City] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	152
Majd al-Din Husayn ibn al-Dawami (thirteenth century): [Earthquake] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
al-Majd al-Nashabi (?– 1259): [Turning a Child’s Hair White] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	154
Taqi al-Din ibn Abi al-Yusr (1193– 1273): [Burned to Ashes] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	155
Sa‘di Shirazi (1219–94): [A Bird in a Falcon’s Grip] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	156
Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Kufi (1226–76): [Kings and Slaves] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	159
Shams al-Din Mahmud ibn Ahmad al-Hashimi al-Hanafi (thirteenth century): [Stars to Be Followed] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	160
Shams al-Din Mahmud ibn Ahmad al-Hashimi al-Hanafi (thirteenth century): [Vow of Fidelity] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
Abu al-Khayr ‘Abd al-Rahman Zayn al-Din al-Suwaydi (1722–86): [Tears and Weeping] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	166
‘Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780–1863): [Complaint] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	167
‘Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780–1863): [Inner Storm] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	167
‘Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780–1863): [Once Glory Nested Here] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
Shihab al-Din Abu al-Thana’ Mahmud al-Alusi (1803–54): [Longing and Craving] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
‘Abd al-Ghaff ar al-Akhras al-Mawsili (1805–72): [Peace Be with Baghdad] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	173
Radi al-Qazwini (1819–68): [Baghdad and Tibriz] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	174
‘Abd al-Hamid al-Shawi (1828–98): [I Remember Baghdad] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	175
Ahmad al-Shawi (1844–99): [Memory] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
Ahmad al-Shawi (1844–99): [Leaders] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	178
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863–1936): [Baghdad Days] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863–1936): [Behind Bars] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	180
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863–1936): [Migration] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	181
Ahmad Shawqi (1868–1932): [Baghdad and Rome] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	182
Hafiz Ibrahim (1871–1932): [Tenderness and Gentleness] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	183
Ma‘ruf al-Rusafi (1875–1945): [The Bridge] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	184
Ma‘ruf al-Rusafi (1875–1945): [The Flood] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	184
Ma‘ruf al-Rusafi (1875–1945): Oh Lover of the Orient! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	187
Iliyya Abu Madi (1889–1957): When Fate Came Knocking Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	189
Anwar Sha’ul (1904–84): [Happy in Baghdad] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	190
Anwar Sha’ul (1904–84): [Love of the Arabs] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
Murad Michael (1906–86): Oh My Fatherland! (Excerpts) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	192
Mir Basri (1911–2006): [Oh Friends of Life!] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	194
Mishil Haddad (1919–96): The Books Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	196
Nizar Qabbani (1923–98): A Baghdadi Song Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	197
Nizar Qabbani (1923–98): Glory to the Long Plaits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	199
Nazik al-Mala’ika (1923–2007): The Passionate River Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	201
Ibrahim Ovadia (1924–2006): A Guest in Tehran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
‘Ali Sidqi ‘Abd al-Qadir (1924–2008): Baghdad and the Black Eyes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	205
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926–64): Death the Fox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926–64): Brothel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	208
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926–64): Because I Am a Stranger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	210
Buland al-Haydari (1926–96): On the Way of Exile from Baghdad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	211
Buland al-Haydari (1926–96): The City That Was Lost because of Her Silence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	213
Buland al-Haydari (1926–96): Apology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	216
‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926–99): A Sigh in Baghdad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	218
‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926–99): The City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	219
‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926–99): An Elegy to an Unborn City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	220
‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926–99): Words on al-Sayyab’s Tomb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926–99): A Profile of a City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	222
‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926–99): Al-‘Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf: Impossible Love Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
Shadhil Taqa (1929–74): And When We Took Over Her Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	225
Adonis (1930–): Elegy for al-Hallaj Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	226
Adonis (1930–): Poetry Presses Her Lips to Baghdad’s Breast (Baghdad 1969) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	227
Adonis (1930–): Salute to Baghdad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	240
Adonis (1930–): [Time Crushes into Baghdad’s Body] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	242
Muhammad Jamil Shalash (1930–): Baghdad and Dawn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	244
Salah ‘Abd al-Sabur (1931–81): The Tatars Have Attacked Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	247
Sa‘di Yusuf (1934–): The New Baghdad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	249
Sa‘di Yusuf (1934–): Solitude Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	250
Sa‘di Yusuf (1934–): Baghdad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
Sa‘di Yusuf (1934–): The Spoliation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
Ahmad ‘Abd al-Mu‘ti Hijazi (1935–): A Poem for Baghdad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
Sadiq al-Sa’igh (1938–): This Is Baghdad . . . (Excerpts) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
Samih al-Qasim (1939–): Baghdad . . . (Excerpts) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	259
Fadil al-‘Azzawi (1940–): Mr. Edward Luka’s Profession Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	261
Fadil al-‘Azzawi (1940–): In Baghdad’s Night Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263
Fadil al-‘Azzawi (1940–): The Ten New Commandments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263
Fadil al-‘Azzawi (1940–): Forgotten Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	264
Sami Mahdi (1940–): Ruins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	266
May Muzaffar (1940–): The City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
Mahmud Darwish (1941–2008): Iraq’s Night Is Long Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	268
Su‘ad al-Sabah (1942–): Hulagu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	270
Su‘ad al-Sabah (1942–): Below Zero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	270
Sharif al-Rubay‘i (1943–97): Harun al-Rashid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	271
Sargon Boulus (1944–2007): In the Garden of Sa‘di Shirazi (When He Was in Prison) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	272
Sargon Boulus (1944–2007): Hulagu Praises Himself Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273
Sargon Boulus (1944–2007): There Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273
Sargon Boulus (1944–2007): Hangman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	274
Sargon Boulus (1944–2007): I Have Come to You from There Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	274
Sargon Boulus (1944–2007): Hulagu (New Series) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	276
Sargon Boulus (1944–2007): An Elegy for al-Sindibad Cinema Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	277
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944–): One Day We Will Have a History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	279
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944–): The Immigrants of the Interior Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	279
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944–): What a Moment Is That Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	281
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944–): Bildung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	281
In Baghdad, Where My Past Generation Would Be Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	283
Faruq Juwayda (1945–): Baghdad, Don’t Be in Pain! (Excerpts) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
‘Ali Ja‘far al-‘Allaq (1945–): Sketches in the Notebooks of Ibn Zurayq al-Baghdadi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	287
‘Abd al-Rahman Touhmazi (1946–): What Do You Want? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	289
Bushra al-Bustani (1950–): A Sorrowful Melody Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	291
Ronny Someck (1951–): Baghdad, February 1991 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	292
Ronny Someck (1951–): The Shaving Razor That Cut the Metaphor of Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	292
Ronny Someck (1951–): A Personal Note on the Margin of a Renewal Form for an Iraqi Passport Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
Wafa’ ‘Abd al-Razzaq (1952–): The River Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	294
Ahlam Mustaghanimi (1953–): [Baghdad’s Date Palms Apologize to You] Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	295
Ibrahim Zaydan (1960–) and Qays Majid al-Mawla (196?–): A Joint Poem on the Live Half and the Dead Half Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	297
‘Abid ‘Ali al-Rammahi (1967–): Baghdad, Sing! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	300
Sinan Antoon (1967–): A Letter to al-Mutanabbi (Street) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	302
Sinan Antoon (1967–): The Milky Way Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	304
Sinan Antoon (1967–): Illumination Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	304
Sinan Antoon (1967–): Wars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	305
Dalya Riyad (1970–): The Myth of the Tigris and Euphrates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	306
Dalya Riyad (1970–): Roadmap Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	307
Manal al-Shaykh (1971–): Baghdad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	308
Afterword: Being a Baghdadi Poet: A Testimony Abdul Kader El Janabi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	309
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	313
Index of Poets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	329
Index of Titles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	333

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November 18, 2013

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9780674726482

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377

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674726482

eBook ISBN: 9780674726482

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