Abdullah Al-Udhari
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Abdullah al-Udhari was born in Taiz, Yemen, in 1941. He studied
classical Arab literature and Sabaean epigraphy at London University, where he
also received a doctorate for his pioneering study, Jahili Poetry before
Imru al-Qais (4000 BCE-500 CE), which established him as an authority on
early Jahili literature. A literary historian, poet and storyteller, he is also
the author of Victims of a Map: A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry (by
Saqi Books), Voice Without Passport, The Arab Creation Myth and
Modern Poetry of the Arab World.
classical Arab literature and Sabaean epigraphy at London University, where he
also received a doctorate for his pioneering study, Jahili Poetry before
Imru al-Qais (4000 BCE-500 CE), which established him as an authority on
early Jahili literature. A literary historian, poet and storyteller, he is also
the author of Victims of a Map: A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry (by
Saqi Books), Voice Without Passport, The Arab Creation Myth and
Modern Poetry of the Arab World.
