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TITLE: Love Songs from the Middle East
SPEAKER: Various Speakers
EVENT DATE: 2017/02/16
RUNNING TIME: 39 minutes
TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link will open in a new window)
DESCRIPTION:
Through dramatic readings, Library specialists journeyed with their audience from the 7th century through modern times on the wings of love poems written by well-known poets from the Middle East and Spain. These poets included Qays ibn al-Mulawwah of 7th century Arabia, Judah Halevi (ca. 1075-1141) of Muslim Spain, Persian poet Hafiz (ca. 1325-1389), and Leyla Hanim (d. 1848) of Istanbul.