Classy Arabic’s Substack
Classy Arabic by N.A. MillerTranslations and educational resources for Arabic poetry
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 25 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 10 months ago |
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Learner's Version # 11
Ibn Diḥya al-Kalbī’s description of a Viking Queen
Welcome to the Learner’s Version #11, on Ibn Diḥya al-Kalbī’s description of a ninth-century CE Andalusī embassy to the Vikings (d. 1235)! A more literary translation and introduction can...
Medieval Muslims and Vikings
Today’s passage about an embassy to the Vikings actually comes from a poetry anthology, because the ambassador, Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥakam (d. 860), was also a poet. It was common for figures in public life to also be proficient poets, something wh...
Love and Authenticity in the Poetry of Ibrāhīm al-Ṣūlī (Iraq, d. 857)
I wrote before about how medieval Arabic love poetry is less about poets’ personal lives than we might assume. If we read a love poem, we will often assume that the poet was in love and describes their actual feelings towards an actual othe...
Learner's Version #10
Love and Authenticity in the Poetry of Ibrāhīm al-Ṣūlī (Iraq, d. 857)
Welcome to the Learner’s Version #10, on Ibrāhīm ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Ṣūlī’s depiction of the “education” he has received from a heartless lover. A more literary translation...
Learner’s Version #9
On Indiscrimate Fucking by Ibn al-Ḥajjāj
Welcome to the Learner’s Version #9, on Ibn al-Ḥajjāj’s trashy couplet about fucking. A more literary translation and introduction can be found here. This is a literal translation with Arabic vocabu...
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I'm Dr. Nathaniel Miller. My PhD (Chicago) is in Arabic Literature, and I taught and researched at the University of Cambridge and NYU Abu Dhabi for seven years. My book on early Arabic poetry is out — discount code in the links!
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