Pre-Islamic literatureMuʿallaqāt admin / January 25, 2025 Alberto Mussa (1961-, Brazil) – O enigma de Qaf (2004, English trans. The riddle of Qaf, 2008). A modern Brazilian…
Pre-Islamic literatureTribal Wars admin / January 25, 2025 Alfrīd Faraj’s (1929 – 2005, Egypt) play al-Zīr Sālim (‘Prince Salim’, 1967), is based on the saga of the lengthy,
Greek Myths and legendsOedipus admin / January 25, 2025 ʿAlī Aḥmad Bakāthīr’s (1910 – 1969, Egypt) play Mʾasāt al-ʾUdīb (1949, English trans. The Tragedy of Oedipus, 2006) reflects on
Greek Myths and legendsIchneutae admin / January 25, 2025 Aḥmad ʿAtmān’s (1945 – 2013, Egypt) play Māʿiz al-Bahnasā (‘The Goats of Albahnasa’, 2000) adapts Sophocles’ original play in six
Mythology and LegendsEgyptian Mythology admin / January 25, 2025 Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm’s (1898 – 1987, Egypt) play Īzīs (‘Izis’, 1955), in which the writer derived his inspiration from an ancient
Classical Arabic LiteratureRiḥlāt Stories admin / January 25, 2025 This subsection includes travel (riḥlāt) stories following the traditional classic Arabic genre. In these traditional travel narratives, the journey becomes
Classical Arabic LiteratureMaqāmāt admin / January 25, 2025 The maqāma is an Arabic literary genre. A famous example referred to by some of the works in this section
Classical Arabic LiteratureClassic Arabic Poets and Poems admin / January 25, 2025 Ḥassan Awrīd (1962-, Morocco) – Rabāṭ al-Mutanabbī (‘The Mutanabbi Rabat’, 2019). In the aftermath of the Arab spring, the narrator
FolktalesOne Thousand and One Nights admin / January 25, 2025 Lotfi Akalay (1943 – 2019, Morocco) – Les nuits d’Azed (‘The nights of Azed’, 1996). This novel is a modern
