Religion and SectarianismJudaism and Arab-Jew relationships admin / February 6, 2025 ʿAlī Badr (?, Iraq) – Ḥāris al-Tabagh (2008, English trans. The Tabacco Keeper, 2011). After the US-led invasion of Iraq,…
Sufist mysticiIbn Sabʿīn admin / February 5, 2025 Binsālim Ḥimmīsh (1948-, Morocco) – Hādhā al-Andalusī (2008, English trans. A Muslim Suicide, 2014). Sufi radical thinker Ibn Sabʿīn (ʿAbd
Sufist mysticiRūmi admin / February 5, 2025 Adham al-ʿAbūdī (1981-, Egypt) – Ḥāris al-ʿIshq al-ʾIlahi (‘The guardian of divine love’, 2017). This novel depicts the life of
Sufist mysticiʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Majdhūb admin / February 5, 2025 al-Ṭayyib al-Ṣiddīqī’s (1939 – 2016, Morocco) play Diwān Sidī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Majdhūb (‘The collection of master Abdelrahman al-Majdub’, 1965) was
Sufist mysticiAl-Ḥallāj admin / February 5, 2025 Maqbūl Mūsā al-ʿAlawī (1968-, Saudi Arabia) – Ṭayf al-Ḥallāj (‘Al-Hallaj’s vision’, 2017). This novel interweaves the lives of graduate student
Sufist mysticiIbn ʿArabī admin / February 5, 2025 Wāsīnī al-Arʿaj (1954-, Algeria) – Ṭawq al-Yāsmīn (‘Jasmine annular’, 2003). The novel centers on two love stories in Damascus. The
SufismSufism admin / February 5, 2025 Rīm Bassīyūnī (1973 – , Egypt) – Mārīyū wa Abū al-ʿAbbās (2023, English trans. Mario and Abu L- Abbas, 2025).
IslamShia admin / February 5, 2025 Murtaḍā Kzār (1982-, Kuwait / Iraq) – al-Sayyid Aṣghar Akbar (‘Mr. Asghar Akbar’, 2012). This novel centers three generations of
IslamQuran, Ḥadīth and Religious Practices admin / February 5, 2025 ʿAlī Aḥmad Bākthīr’s (1910 – 1969, Egypt) play Hārūt wa Mārūt (‘Harut and Marut’, 1962) refers to the Koranic story
