The Andalusian poet who turned complaining into an art form

Published: March 26, 2014, 12:51 p.m.

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Moshe Ben Ezra was a\\xa0fine Andalusian poet, as well as the chief of the Granada police. Listen to a couple of poems from the guy who made complaining a form of art.

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Book: The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492.

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Music:

"Let Man Remember," composed and performed by Avi Belleli

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"Castille," composed and performed by Avi Belleli

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