The poems have been selected and translated by Firuz Shirvanlu for the collection published by the Ruzbehan publishing company in Tehran. The book carries poems by Ali Ahmad Said Esber, a Syrian ...

The theme of love persists throughout Arabic poetry and literature. Professor Michael Sells discussed that theme on Tuesday, paying particular attention to the poetry of Ibn Zaydun and Ibn al-‘Arabi.

For thousands of years melodic, well-proportioned rhymed verses recorded battles, lifestyle, wisdom and feelings of the people in the region, expanding the role of Arabic poetry far beyond the borders ...

A Georgetown University professor has received a prestigious honor for her work in the field of classical Arabic poetry. Suzanne Stetkevych, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Arabic and Islamic ...

Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, Ph.D., has a very rare specialty. She is Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University, and ...

His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, officially opened the 22nd ...

After eating Arab cuisine and listening to musician Ronnie Malley play the oud on stage, Northwestern’s Middle Eastern and North African Student Association shared Arabic-based poems with each other ...

The Algerian organization ONDA has recently published a collection of 40 popular poems in Arabic. <i>El Moudjahid</i> reports that a commission created within ONDA carried out a long research and went ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Every year around this time the name of the Syrian poet Adonis pops up in newspapers and in betting shops. Adonis (pronounced ah-doh-NEES), a pseudonym adopted by Ali Ahmad Said Esber ...