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Zajal (Arabic: زجل) is a
traditional form of oral
strophic poetry declaimed in a
colloquial dialect. The
earliest recorded zajal poet was Ibn
Quzman of...
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distinct among medieval Arabic vernaculars in that it was used in poetry, in
zajal and the
kharjas of muwaššaḥāt.
Arabic in al-Andalus
existed largely in a...
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classical and MSA. In
around the 11th and 12th
centuries in al-Andalus, the
zajal and
muwashah poetry forms developed in the
dialectical Arabic of Cordoba...
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importance in the
Arabian Peninsula, and mock
battles in
poetry or
zajal would stand in lieu of real wars. 'Ukaz, a
market town not far from Mecca...
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literature of al-Andalus, and
shared important poetic and
literary forms such as
zajal, the
muwashshah and the maqama.
Islamic literature, such as
Quranic exegeses...
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importance in the
Arabian Peninsula, and mock
battles in
poetry or
zajal would stand in lieu of real wars. 'Ukaz, a
market town not far from Mecca...
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dreams of
statehood and
burgeoning nationalist sentiments. In
addition to
zajal and ataaba,
traditional Palestinian songs include: Bein Al-dawai, Al-Rozana...
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little sheikh from the land of
Meknes (Arabic شويخ من أرض مكناس) is a
zajal by the Sufi poet Al-Shushtari (1212-1269). The poem is
often taken as evidence...
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Arabic with the
exception of the
concluding couplet, or the kharja, and
zajal: a
simpler form
entirely in
vernacular Arabic. The
earliest known muwaššaḥs...
- that he
described himself as
being blond and blue-e**** in
several of his
zajals ().
After leading a
lifestyle similar to that of troubadours, traveling...
