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Al-Andalus Poetry: Arab women poets

To help celebrate Book Day, Prof. Juan Martos Quesada will be giving this virtual conference on Thursday, April 21. It is being held as part of the Bibliobuses Reading Club run by the Provincial Government Office of Segovia.

April 01, 2022
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To help celebrate Book Day, the Provincial Government Office of Segovia has organized a conference on poetry and women poets from Al-Andalus, given by Arabist Dr. Juan Martos Quesada. Dr. Juan Martos Quesada.

At the conference, he will be perform an overview of the features of Arabic poetry, within the field of literature, as well as the specific nature of poetic creations by women in the Arab world, with a special focus on Al-Andalus. All this is done with the goal of discussing a selection of women poets, their lives, their circumstances and their poems.

The conference will begin at 6:00 p.m. You can watch it on Zoom by following this link.