Saudi poetess speaks out

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Thu, 2010-03-25 18:35

Doug

Hissa Hilal is already challenging convention by being at once a journalist and a wife and mother of four children. But it is her blistering poetry - recited while dressed in a traditional head-to-toe abaya cloak and broadcast on traditional Arabic television - that is really defiant.

Impressive! As an aside, I wish we had a reality show for poetry.

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Thu, 2010-03-25 23:52

ebodyknows ebodyknows's picture

Doug wrote:

Impressive! As an aside, I wish we had a reality show for poetry.

I'd consider watching tv again if that happened. We wouldn't even need to stick them on a deserted island...just giving them cameras would probably be entertaining enough....now that I think of it they are probably already out there on the internet. Alright, off to the google search engine input box!

Fri, 2010-03-26 08:19

Michelle

What the bleep is a "poetess"?

Is that like a welderess? Or an authoress? Or a counselloress?

Fri, 2010-03-26 12:27

ebodyknows ebodyknows's picture

In canada, unfortunetly, it usually means something more like a waitress. *groans*

Fri, 2010-03-26 12:28

West Coast Greeny

Its a poetic means of saying "poet"?

Its in dictionary.com.

Fri, 2010-03-26 13:56

al-Qa'bong

Michelle wrote:

What the bleep is a "poetess"?

Is that like a welderess? Or an authoress? Or a counselloress?

Saying "poetess" is probably required by Saudi law, otherwise the speaker will have his or her vocal cords cut out with a great big sword.