Publisher's Synopsis
Love is blind, as they say. This is amy be the first book of its kind. It shows the position of women historically, defines love, describes wonders of lovers in Hijaz-desert-Arabia, brings a dozen stories of love connection depicted in the Arab literature as well as stories of a half dozen famous poets and their lovers. Such as the two Omars, Qays Layla, Jamil Buthainah, Kuthayyer Azza, etc., . The book is considered as a treasure on the topic of love and lovers in the Arab history. The book also, is a contribution from the author as part of Ihyaa al Turath al Arabi fil Mahjar (Revival of Arab heritage in Diaspora) project supported by the Arab American Encyclopedia originated by author, Dr. Hasan Yahya, who is a well known Arab American scholar, poet, and author of more than 200 books, the initiator and supporter of the two projects. Dr. Yahya resides in Michigan-USA, and has four children and ten grandchildren.
