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    The Andalusian poet who turned complaining into an art form

    The Andalusian poet who turned complaining into an art form

    FromIsrael in Translation

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    The Andalusian poet who turned complaining into an art form

    FromIsrael in Translation

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    Length:
    7 minutes
    Released:
    Mar 26, 2014
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Moshe Ben Ezra was a fine Andalusian poet, as well as the chief of the Granada police. Listen to a couple of poems from the guy who made complaining a form of art.
     
    Book: The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492.
    Music: "Let Man Remember," composed and performed by Avi Belleli
     
    "Castille," composed and performed by Avi Belleli
    Released:
    Mar 26, 2014
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Exploring Israeli literature in English translation. Host Marcela Sulak takes you through Israel’s literary countryside, cityscapes, and psychological terrain, and the lives of the people who create it.