Ebook: Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 3 Bedouin Poets of the Dawasir Tribe: Between Nomadism and Settlement in Southern Najd

Analyzing the work of four contemporary Bedouin poets of the Dawasir tribe in southern Najd, this text examines the poetry within the context of the Najd oral tradition; the poets' role in this society; and the mirroring of the society's self-image against its economic, social and political change.