- Alfrīd Faraj’s (1929 – 2005, Egypt) play al-Zīr Sālim (‘Prince Salim’, 1967), is based on the saga of the lengthy, 40-year War of Basūs between the tribes of Bakr and Taghlib which started with a conflict over a cow (a female camel). In the play, the brave and strong al-Zīr, who waged the war, eventually falls victim to his own desire to seek revenge for his brother Kalīb. al-Zīr Sālim is a reworking of a pre-Islamic romantic saga and the Ayyām al-ʿArab poems on the tribal wars of pre-Islamic times and reflects on the political situation in Egypt following the 1967 defeat (also in 1967 al-Naksah).
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