Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book is a unique collection of 10,000 Bayt plus of Arab poetry(jn Arabic)of all ages, starting from he pre-Islamic era until modern age. Imcluded is the nine M'allaqat, and a large number of poets, abd poems in most subjects al-Mutanabbi, Ibn al Faridh, Abu Nuwas, Abu Tammam, Ibn Zaydum, Muwas, Naqa'id, Jarir & Firazdaq, Muwashahat Andalus. Its almost all what you think of. This is a part of the process of Ihyaa' al Turath al Arabi fil Mahjar, sponsored by the Arab American Encyclopedia. Dr. Yahya is specialist in Arabic and Islamic literature, he lives in Lansing, Michigan. Dr. Yahya has fout children and ten grandchildren, and (nuck on the wood) published so far, ONLY 150 plus books.