I Memorized the Longest Poem in Pre-Islamic Arabic.
Intermediate (B1) · Entertainment · 10 min · Free
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The poem from that Syrian series would not leave me alone. So I searched YouTube, found it, listened, and made a decision that made no sense: I would memorize the longest of the Muallaqat, the great odes of pre-Islamic Arabia.
I was a civil engineering student at the time, and engineering memory is good memory. Line by line, معلقة عمرو بن كلثوم went in. ألا هبي بصحنك فأصبحينا. In this video I tell you how I did it, and what it felt like the day I finished.
My life changed 180 degrees after that. That is the next video.
