Abu Nuwas, who lived from about 756 to 814 within the Abbasid Caliphate, is widely regarded as one of the greatest classical Arabic poets. He had keen appreciation for wine and men’s sexuality. His bold, vigorous, imaginative Arabic poetry should not be repressed in the less liberal and less intellectually sophisticated circumstances of today.
Despite metaphorical figuring of the penis as a weapon of violence, men’s erections should invoke hope for resurrection as in Abu Nuwas’s Arabic poetry. … Read the post resurrection: overcoming the poetic problem with penises & erections
Comparing beardless youth to women as sexual partners, the classical Arabic poet Abu Nuwas saw the risk of pregnancy as a disadvantage of women for men. … Read the post fear of pregnancy in the classical Arabic poetry of Abu Nuwas
Medieval physicians such as the famous woman physician Calabre of Paris helped women to be more pleasing to men. … Read the post Calabre of Paris, woman physician of the 14th century, helped men