Reading as part of the 1st international literature festival graal-müritz
Pre-Islamic Arabic poetry - an almost forgotten world literature full of passion. Stefan Weidner opens up this treasure anew: from pining love jesters ("I speak to her image in the sand...") to rebellious feminists such as Laila of Achjal and the black knight Antar. Here we encounter desert witches and dromedaries, experience loyalty and betrayal, politics and eroticism. Weidner's contemporary translations show: These 1500-year-old verses seem as fresh today as a viral Tiktok song - and unfold a literary panorama that is second to none.
