Through a series of questions designed to define the social context in which a poem is being created, the reader is taken on an experiential tour through the corpus that highlights the embeddedness of poetry in the Mahra's everyday practices. Domain and the Private Domain: Aaron Zeitlin in Yiddish Literature). The web-based medium allows users not only to delve into the classification system to explore the diversity and complexity of the Mahra's poetic expressions, but also to experience the formation of a poem in the moment. Donna Morrissey, in Downhill Chance, presented successive generations attempting. The framework is complemented by an accessible introduction to the historical and cultural context on the people, their region, and language. (Aaron Zeitlin - lyrics, Sholom Secunda - music)Originally 'Dana Dana' this song was written in Yiddish for the musical play 'Esterke' (1940-1941) during the. Each poem is embedded in a conceptual framework that highlights formal similarities between them and recapitulates how Mahri poets craft poems and how their audiences are primed to receive them. By taking into account all Mahri poetic expressions-the majority of which don't belong to any of the known genres of Arabian poetry-Liebhaber creates a blueprint for understanding how oral poetry is conceived and composed by native practitioners.
Samuel Liebhaber takes readers on a tour through their poetry, collected by the author in audio and video recordings over the course of several years.īased on this material, Liebhaber develops a systematic approach to Mahri poetry that challenges genre-based categorizations. The Mahra people of the southern Arabian Peninsula have no written language but instead possess a rich oral tradition.