Majnun Leyla: Poems about Passion

by Joyce Akesson

In the northern Arabian Peninsula during the second half of the 7th century, Qays, later known as Majnun, is in love with his cousin Leyla and decides to praise her in his love poems. Annoyed by all the noise around her, Leyla's parents consider that he has compromised her honor and force her to marry another man. Qays becomes desperate and wanders alone in the desert. His father takes him to Mecca and begs him to seek God's help to free him from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9197764183
• ISBN13: 9789197764186
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Pallas Athena Distribution
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"