When Melodies Gather: Oral Art of the Mahra

Sālim bir Slēm bir Ṣmōdā

Sālim bir Slēm bir Ṣmōdā recited a number of poems by different composers from the mountains and inland plateau of Ḥawf including ʿAlī bir Erabḫ bir Zaʿbenōt, Jumʿān ʿAlī bir Ḳerḥayf, Ḥlōyet birt Saʿīd Kazūzī, and Saʿd Saʿīd ʿĪsā (bir Raʿfīt?). Sālim bir Slēm bir Ṣmōdā lives in Jāḏeb, where I recorded him reciting poetry in March 2004.

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