Afira bint 'Abbad explained

Afira bint 'Abbad
Pseudonym:Afira
Birth Place:Arabia
Death Place:Arabia
Occupation:Arabic Poet
Language:Arabic
Nationality:Arabian
Period:Third Century

Afira bint 'Abbad (Arabic: عَفِيرة بنت عبَّاد Ashshamus) was an Arab poet from around the 3rd century CE, from what is now Bahrain.[1] [2] [3]

Her poems viscerally express rage and demand justice and action from men, after she had been raped. According to legend, the perpetrator was the Tasmi king, who, similar the droit du siegneur, sexually assaulted all Jadisi brides.[4] Afira's poems excoriated Jadisi men for permitting this to happen, and her words drove an uprising against the Tasmi king.

Anthologies

Moris Farhi (ed) Classical Poems by Arab Women translated Abdullah al-Udhari, Saqi Books, 1999. [5]

Notes and References

  1. Classical Poems by Arab Women: A Bilingual Anthology, ed. and trans. by Abdullah al-Udhari (London: Saqi Books, 1999), pp. 26-27.
  2. Book: al-Udhari, Abdullah . Classical Poems by Arab Women: A Bilingual Anthology . 2017-01-16 . Saqi Books . 978-0-86356-930-2 . en.
  3. Book: Farmer, Henry George . A History Of Arabian Music . 1929 . Luzac And Company. . Osmania University, Digital Library Of India.
  4. Book: Süssekind . Flora . Vozes femininas: gêneros, mediaçòes e práticas da escrita . Dias . Tânia . Azevedo . Carlito . 2003 . 7Letras . 978-85-7577-026-9 . pt-BR.
  5. Web site: Poetry Magazines - Classical Poems by Arab Women. ltd. codegent. www.poetrymagazines.org.uk. en. 2017-09-10.