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ajiss-1412	Ben-Ami, Naama	Preservation of the Heritage: Survival and Documentation by Palestinians	2009.0	9	.pdf	application/pdf	3720	129	48	The book contains an appendix on classical Arabic duel poetry texts by such poets as ‘Imru al-Qays and `Abid ibn al-Abras as well as Abu Nuwas Ben-Ami: Preservation of the Heritage 89 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.software-partners.co.uk http://www.software-partners.co.uk http://www.software-partners.co.uk and `Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf (without an English translation), an index of the names and terms appearing in the book (with references), and a list of books on Arabic poetry and literature published in the Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures. Chapter 1 deals with duel poetry in pre-classical times, of which only very scant remains survive (a fate to be expected of a largely oral literature), poetry competitions with umpires who decided on the winner, women who competed against men (e.g., Khansa, whose elegy for her four sons who died in battle is considered superb poetry), and celebrations honoring the victors.	cache/ajiss-1412.pdf	txt/ajiss-1412.txt