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EPISODE · Apr 29, 2009 · 12 MIN

Politics and Popular Poetry in the Arab World

from Alumni Weekend

Professor Clive Holes gives a short talk on Arabic popular poetry; a medium of social satire and cultural criticism that is as important in Arabic culture as much as Social satire is in British culture. He also reads three translations of political poetry

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