What is the name of the Upper Egyptian tradition of the 'sha'ir' — a hereditary epic singer who recites the thousand-year-old oral poem cycle of the Bani Hilal tribe's migration from Arabia to North Africa?

• A Mawwal al-qasid
• B Al-Sira al-Hilaliyya recitation ✓
• C Hakawati al-sha'ab
• D Qass al-turath

The Sira al-Hilaliyya (or Hilali epic) is one of the world's great oral epics, performed by hereditary poets (shu'ara) in Upper Egyptian villages accompanied by the rababa fiddle — the performances can stretch over weeks and nights, recounting the migration of the Bani Hilal Bedouin tribe across the Arab world, and UNESCO has recognized it as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.