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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 the poet Ibn...
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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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varieties of
Arabic of its time in its use for
literary purposes,
especially in
zajal poetry and
proverbs and aphorisms. In 1502, the
Muslims of
Granada were...
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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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Arabic with the
exception of the
concluding couplet, or the kharja, and
zajal: a
simpler form
entirely in
vernacular Arabic. The
earliest known muwaššaḥs...
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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...
- at-Tanbura
Fijiri Gnawa (North Africa) Liwa
Mawwal Mezwed Samri Sawt
Shaabi Zajal Dance Ardah Belly dance Dabke Deheyeh Guedra Hagallah Khaleegy Liwa Mizmar...
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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...
- groom. Then the
zajal leads the sahja. The
zajal is a
talented singer or
close family member who
sings the
sahja on the spot. The
zajal leads the sahja...
- (ميزان قدام الماية), or
Nawbat al-Māya [ar] (نوبة الماية). It is a
piece of
zajal poetry,
meaning that it is in
Andalusi dialectical Arabic rather than Standard...
