Badee, which essentially means “invented,” in Arabic literary history, meant what when applied to Arabic poetry?

Which genre earned poets like Bashshar the most money?

Bashshar ibn Burd was from:

During which century did Bashshar ibn Burd live?

In the episode, we learned that Bashshar’s panegyrics are:

Which of the following is true about the theme of Islam in Bashshar’s poetry?

Bashshar, like Ovid had before him, wrote some love poetry that was:

The word for literature in Arabic is al-adab. In addition to meaning “literature,” the word also means:

Which of the following is NOT a staple element of a Pre-Islamic qasida?

In a poem we looked at, Bashshar talked about his Sasanian Persian forebears being:

Bashshar respected this genre of Arabic poetry, but he also made fun of it:

Bashshar was eventually executed when he told the caliph al-Madhi that al-Madhi had given too much of his power to:

The Shu’ubiyya movement was essentially about:

Bashshar ibn Burd’s satires strongly suggest that:

Which of the following properties of a mistress does Arabic love poetry NOT often praise?