The Epic Of The Bani Hilal by Bani Hilal
A sweeping oral epic that follows the migration of a Bedouin tribe from the Arabian Peninsula into North Africa, tracing generations of heroic leaders, fierce battles, raids, romances and betrayals as they carve out new lands and identities; told in poetic episodes and folkloric digressions, it preserves tribal values of honor, loyalty, hospitality and vengeance while dramatizing the hardships of desert travel, the rise and fall of rival chiefs, and the supernatural and moral tests that shape the tribe’s destiny.
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- Alternate Titles
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- Sirat Bani Hilal
- Taghribat Bani Hilal
- The Epic of Banu Hilal
- The Song of the Bani Hilal
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