Feature: How Did Zajal Poetry Practices Become Professionalized?
Presenter: Muriel Kahwagi
Delivered: Beirut on June 18, 2017
In this afikra feature, Muruel Kahwagi explores the tradition of Zajal Poetry and its performance. She studies the dynamics, rules, roots, history and culture behind this artistic practice and also explores its transformation from a cultural art-form into a profession in modern Lebanon.
Sources & Future References
A Cultural History of the Arabic Language | Sharron Gu | Academia.edu
Essays on Literature, History and Society - Syed Naqi Husain Jafri - PrimusBooks
A History of Medieval Spain by Joseph F. O'Callaghan | Cornell University Press
Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 10 - David Horn & John Shepherd
Exploring Arab Folk Literature - Pierre Cachia - Edinburgh University Press
Love Songs from al-Andalus: History, Structure and Meaning of the Kharja | Zwartjes | Brill
Towards a Synchronic Metrical Analysis of Oral Palestinian Poetry - Nadia Yaqub
Writing Class: Workers and Modern Egyptian Colloquial Poetry (Zajal) - Joel Beinin - JSTOR
The Development of Lebanese Zajal: Genre, Meter, and Verbal Duel - Adnan Haydar
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