Philosophical heritageFrench authors and philosophers admin / January 25, 2025 ʿAlī Badr (?, Iraq) – Bābā Sārtre (2001, English trans. Papa Sartre, 2009). This novel retrospectively critiques, through systematic and…
Philosophical heritageGerman authors and philosophers admin / January 25, 2025 ʿAbd al-Qādir ʿAlūllah’s (1939 – 1994, Algeria) uses elements of Brecht’s theater (such as the epic theatre) next to traditional
Philosophical heritageRussian authors and philosophers admin / January 25, 2025 ʿAbd al-Qādir ʿAlūllah’s (1939 – 1994, Algeria) play Ḥumq Salīm (‘Salim’s Madness’, 1972). This play is based is a monologue
Philosophical heritageLatin American authors and philosophers admin / January 25, 2025 Khalīl Ṣuwaylīh (1959-, Syria) – Awrāq al-Ḥubb (2008, English trans. Writing Love, 2012) centres on a womanizing, aspiring novelist based
Philosophical heritageIslamic and Arab authors and philosophers admin / January 25, 2025 ʿAlī Badr (?, Iraq) – Maṣābīḥ Urshalīm (‘Jerusalem lantern’, 2006). This novel is a fictional portrayal of the Palestinian-American professor
Pre-Islamic literatureʿUdhrī Poetry admin / January 25, 2025 This type of poetry is love poetry that centres on spiritual, platonic, love rather than erotic relationships. One of the
Pre-Islamic literatureṢaʿālūk admin / January 25, 2025 Ibrāhīm al-Kūnī (1948-, Libya) – ʿUshb al-Layl (1997, English trans. Night Grass, 1997) could be seen as a contemporary description
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,
