Yemeni Poetry on the Frontline

Yemeni Poetry on the Frontline investigates popular literary responses to conflict in the different regions of Yemen, comparing responses to, and expressions of, traditional conflict with those to the new externally fuelled conflict. In its engagement with diasporic Yemeni communities in the UK, the book explores how storytelling and poetry might heighten and enhance both political and public awareness of the situation in Yemen, and lead to wider cultural understanding of diasporic and refugee communities in the UK. The novelty lies in the focus on literary expressions of conflict and conflict resolution, and the bringing together of projects dealing with the diverse regions of Yemen. This book will primarily appeal to scholars in Yemeni poetry, Arabic literature, Arabic dialectology, and anthropological linguistics.

Roberta Morano, University of Leeds, UK. Janet C.E. Watson, Professor at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat. James Dickins, Professorat Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat.

Transliteration System Chapter 1 - Introduction to Yemeni Poetry Chapter 2 - Poems from Ibb and Hadramawt Chapter 3 - When you love your enemy: poetic duels about Mariam al-Mansouri Chapter 4 - The Legacy of Mu-ammad Mämud al-Zubayri: Yemeni Activism in Poetry Chapter 5 - The Yemeni diaspora in the UK Chapter 6 - Poems from the Yemeni diaspora