Mahri Poetry? I think, yes.
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It is a bit too late, after that last post, for another one on al-Qaeda so instead we have one on Bedouin poetry.
This article features friend of this blog and the world’s foremost expert on Mahri poetry, Samuel Liebhaber. Quite a guy.
For anyone who has ever heard the old Orientalist joke about a word meaning itself its opposite and some part of a camel this article is for you, as well as those who like cars.
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