Al-Mu’allaqat

A painting of Antarah bin Shaddad, a pre-Islamic Arab knight and poet. (Supplied)

Changing face of Arabic poetry

  • There are poets whose poems became popular through Okadh due to their frequent repetitions, such as Imru’ Al-Qais, Omar bin Kulthum, Antarah bin Shaddad, Al-Naba’a Al-Dhubiani, Zuhair bin Abi Salma and Tarfa bin Al-Abd
By Haifa Alshammari ·