Humayda bint Nu'man ibn Bashir

Ḥumayda bint Nuʽmān ibn Bashīr (Arabic: حميدة بنت النعمان بن بشير) was an Arabic-speaking female poet and satirist of the seventh century CE.[1][2] She is noted for her satires on the failings of her various husbands.[3]

References

  1. Ibn Khallikān (1842). Slane, William Mac Guckin (ed.). Ibn Khallikan's biographical dictionary. unknown library. Paris, Printed for the Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
  2. Essa, Ahmed; Ali, Othman (2010). Studies in Islamic Civilization: The Muslim Contribution to the Renaissance. International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). ISBN 978-1-56564-350-5.
  3. Marlé Hammond, 'The Foul-Mouthed Faḥla: Obscenity and Amplification in Early Women's Invective', in The Rude, the Bad and the Bawdy: Essays in Honour of Professor Geert Jan van Gelder, ed. by Adam Talib, Marlé Hammond and Arie Schippers ([no place]: E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 2014), pp. 254-65 ISBN 978-1-909724-33-4.


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