Mahd al-Aadiyya


Mahd al-Aadiyya was supposedly an Arabic poet from around 4000 BCE. She is unlikely to have existed: Rather she is a chronicle character who is portrayed uttering a muzdawaj warning the people of ʿĀd of their impending destruction by Allah, in accordance with the prophecies of the prophet Hud.

Anthologies

Classical Poems by Arab Women; translated by Abdullah al-Udhari, Saqi Books, 1999.