Maria Alphaizuli

Maria Alphaizuli or Mariam Bint Abu Ya'Qub was an 8th-century poet from Seville.[1]

Living during the time of the Moors, she has been referred to as the Arabian Sappho.[1] During her time, many women of the Andalusian area cultivated the arts.[1] Some well-preserved examples of her work survive in the library of the Escorial.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell (1855). Woman's record, or, Sketches of all distinguished women : from the creation to A.D. 1854 : arranged in four eras : with selections from female writers of every age. New York: Harper & Bros. p. 70.