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© 2018 by Kevin Begos. All rights reserved.

Lines from an Abu Nuwas poem are from Roger M. A. Allen, Encyclopedia Britannica online, “Arabic Literature.”

Lines from Thomas Crowe’s translation of a Hafiz poem are used with his permission.

Lines from a poem by Israel ben Moses Najara are from Israel Zinberg, A History of Jewish Literature, vol. 5, The Jewish Center of Culture in the Ottoman Empire, Bernard Martin, translator.

The Richard Feynman comments are from The Feynman Lectures on Physics, vol. 11, The Complete Audio Collection (New York: Basic Books, 2007). 

Lines from A. Leo Oppenheim, Letters from Mesopotamia (١٩٦٧) are used with permission from The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. 

Translations and an illustration from Eva-Lena Wahlberg’s research on Egyptian wine labels are used with her permission.

Lines from Andrew George’s translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh are used with his permission.

Nart poetry is from Nart Sagas from the Caucasus: Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs, John Colarusso, translator (Princeton University Press, 2002).

Lines from a poem by Samuel the Nagid are from A Miniature Anthology of Medieval Hebrew Wine Songs, Raymond P. Scheindlin, translator. 

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