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The Arabs and Their Poetry: A journey across the centuries
From January 15, 2025 until April 30, 20257:00 p.m.
CORDOBA
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry.
In Spanish.
Casa Árabe is hosting this series of conferences at its headquarters in Cordoba, which was organized in conjunction with the Chair of Arab Studies of the al-Babtain Foundation and the University of Cordoba. The series will be running from January through April 2025, and the first session will be held on Wednesday, January 15, given by Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala. We hope to see you there.
The long, fruitful life of poetry among Arab peoples stretches from the dawn of history to the present day. First orally and later, as of the eighth century CE, in writing, Arab bards have never ceased singing about the experiences lived by their people over the centuries. During this series, the conference speakers will be providing the public with a carefully selected set of this rich and prodigious poetic experience in the voice of the best Arab poets from pre-Islamic times to the modern day.
Session calendar
Wednesday, January 15
“Desert Bards and Poets in the Pre-Islamic Era”
Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala (University of Cordoba)
Thursday, January 16
“From Desert Times to the Umayyad Era: Poets and poems”
Abdul Hadi Sadoun (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Wednesday, January 22
“The Three Great Abbasid Poets: Abu Nuwás, al-Mutanabbi and al-Maarri”
Salvador Peña (University of Malaga)
Wednesday, February 12
“Men and Women Poets of Al-Andalus”
Pedro Buendía Pérez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Wednesday, February 26
“Poetry in the Streets: Jarchas, moaxajas and cejeles”
Ignacio Ferrando (University of Cadiz)
Wednesday, March 5
“Arab Cultural Resurgence Through Its Poets”
Iñaqui Gutiérrez de Terán, (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Wednesday, March 19
“Iraqi Poetry, Between Tradition and Innovation”
Waleed Saleh (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Wednesday, April 2
“Twentieth-century Egyptian Poets”
Álvaro Abella (Universidad Complutense, Madrid)
Wednesday, April 30
“Contemporary Palestinian Poetry”
Nader al Jallad (University of Cordoba)
*Image: Illustration from the Book of Songs (Kitab al-Aghani), 1216-20, by Abu’l-Faraj al-Isfahani, a compilation of songs by renowned Arab poets and musicians made in the tenth century (Source: Wikipedia).
Session calendar
Wednesday, January 15
“Desert Bards and Poets in the Pre-Islamic Era”
Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala (University of Cordoba)
Thursday, January 16
“From Desert Times to the Umayyad Era: Poets and poems”
Abdul Hadi Sadoun (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Wednesday, January 22
“The Three Great Abbasid Poets: Abu Nuwás, al-Mutanabbi and al-Maarri”
Salvador Peña (University of Malaga)
Wednesday, February 12
“Men and Women Poets of Al-Andalus”
Pedro Buendía Pérez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Wednesday, February 26
“Poetry in the Streets: Jarchas, moaxajas and cejeles”
Ignacio Ferrando (University of Cadiz)
Wednesday, March 5
“Arab Cultural Resurgence Through Its Poets”
Iñaqui Gutiérrez de Terán, (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Wednesday, March 19
“Iraqi Poetry, Between Tradition and Innovation”
Waleed Saleh (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Wednesday, April 2
“Twentieth-century Egyptian Poets”
Álvaro Abella (Universidad Complutense, Madrid)
Wednesday, April 30
“Contemporary Palestinian Poetry”
Nader al Jallad (University of Cordoba)
*Image: Illustration from the Book of Songs (Kitab al-Aghani), 1216-20, by Abu’l-Faraj al-Isfahani, a compilation of songs by renowned Arab poets and musicians made in the tenth century (Source: Wikipedia).
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