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
FolktalesFolktales admin / January 25, 2025 This section includes literature that refers to folk believe and popular superstitions, such as fables, fairy tales, stories of magic
