The poetic voices of arab womenare beautifully captured in this timely volume edited by the arab american scholar and poet nathalie handalthe anthology succeeds eminently in giving the reader the opportunity to appreciate the new and powerful verse of contemporary arab womenin her sixty two page introduction handal gives a succinct . Arab women poets work within one of the oldest literary traditions in the world yet they are virtually unknown in the west uniting arab women poets from the all over the arab world anti abroad nathalie handal has put together an outstanding collection that introduces poets who write in arabic french english and swedish among them some of the twentieth centurys most. The poetry of arab women a contemporary anthology item preview remove circle share or embed this item the poetry of arab women a contemporary anthology by handal nathalie 1969 publication date 2001 topics arabic poetry arabic poetry poetry publisher new york interlink books. Bestselling poetry anthology back in print winner of the pen oakland literary award arab women poets work within one of the oldest literary traditions in the world yet they are virtually unknown in the west in assembling this collection nathalie handal has compiled an outstanding important treasury that introduces the poetry of arab women living all over the world writing in arabic . Bestselling poetry anthology back in print winner of the pen oakland literary award arab women poets work within one of the oldest literary traditions in the world yet they are virtually unknown in the west in assembling this collection nathalie handal has compiled an outstanding important treasury that introduces the poetry of arab women living all over the world writing in arabic