Saad A. Sowayan
Saad Abdullah Sowayan is Professor of Anthropology and Folklore at King Saud University. He has published articles in Arabic and English on the oral literature and spoken language of the Arabian nomads. His major works in English are Nabati Poetry: The Oral Poetry of Arabia (1985) and The Arabian Oral Historical Narrative: An Ethnographic and Linguistic Analysis (1992).
Articles by Saad A. Sowayan
“Tonight My Gun is Loaded”: Poetic Dueling in Arabia
Volume 4, Issue 1-2 (January, 1989)A Plea for an Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Arab Oral Tradition
Volume 18, Issue 1 (March, 2003)
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