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urn:uuid:0bc390ea-a200-4728-bbec-fc181219416b 03 01 01 urn:uuid:0bc390ea-a200-4728-bbec-fc181219416b 15 9781805113331 06 10.11647/OBP.0409 00 EB E107 10 Creative Commons License 02 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ 01 01 Harvesting the Sea in Southeastern Arabia Volume 1: Regional Studies 1 B01 21 0000-0002-2922-2964 Janet C.E. Watson 2 B01 21 0009-0002-8231-9957 Miranda J. Morris 3 B01 21 0000-0002-8719-4922 Erik Anonby 01 eng 00 760 03 93 2CSR 20 Arabian Peninsula B2 Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures 10 FOR002000 93 5PB-AA-A 10 HIS026010 B2 History 20 Oman B2 Asian Studies 93 CFB 10 LAN009010 20 Yemen 93 CFF 20 Indian Ocean B2 Literature 20 Modern South Arabian Languages (MSAL) 93 NHTB 20 Kumzari 20 Gulf Arabic 20 Fishing communities 20 Marine terminology 20 Oral literature 20 Linguistic and cultural data 20 Regional history 03 00 Traditional livelihoods and the ecosystems that sustain them are dying out around the world. This book is a collection of research on the relationships between people, their environment, their expertise and their languages along the ecologically fragile coasts of the Arabian Peninsula. These studies are the outcome of many years of collaborative fieldwork with local communities in three main regions of southern and eastern Arabia: the Musandam Peninsula, Dhofar and al-Mahrah, and the island of Soqotra. Bringing together oral literature, traditional scientific knowledge, and marine subsistence at the peripheries of the Arabian seaboard, the volume makes a major contribution to the documentation of the indigenous Modern South Arabian languages (MSAL), regional Arabic, and the Kumzari language, as well as to a greater understanding of their speakers’ mastery in harvesting the seas. Diverse contributions by scholars and language community members explore the songs and stories, experiences and viewpoints of indigenous fishers, and shed light on the cultural significance of the maritime species encountered by each community. This book is a testimony to resilient ways of life, many of which have vanished, but which at the same time may offer unique answers for the future of humanity. 04 00 Abbreviations and Symbols List of Figures List of Tables List of Maps Main Contributors Introduction PART I: HARVESTING THE SEA ON THE MUSANDAM PENINSULA A Typology of Fish Names in Kumzari Mṣaww wa Maḥḥar: The Sea in Kumzari Poetry Three Arabic Fishing Songs from the Musandam Peninsula PART II: HARVESTING THE SEA AMONG THE BAṬĀḤIRA PART III: HARVESTING THE SEA IN CENTRAL MONSOON DHOFAR AND AL-MAHRAH PART IV: HARVESTING THE SEA IN SOQOṬRA Index 20 00 Open Access Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers Cambridge, UK 04 01 20250205 13 15 9781805113324 09 Open Book Publishers 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0409.pdf 99 01 09 Open Book Publishers 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/OBP.0409 99 01