The Arabic Language, Arabic Grammar, Arabic Alphabets, Arabic Poetry
The earliest known source of a continuous first-person travel stories in ArabicThe Mission of the Volgais a groundbreaking text that is of unparalleled literary and historical significance. In the pages, we travel north on a mission of diplomatic service that takes…
Sufism – A’ishah al Ba’uniyyah, a native of Damascus is one of the most renowned women scholars of Islamic history. Born into a prominent household of revered scholars and Sufi followers, ‘A’ishah received an excellent religious education and learned the Quran…
The birth, life and early years of the Fariyaq, the alter-ego of the Arab intellectual Ahmad Faris al Shidyaq “Little Leg” tells the story from birth to middle old age, of ‘the fariyaq an alter ego for Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a…
Sufism – ‘A’ishah Al-Ba’uniyyah (d. 923/1517) of Damascus was one of the greatest female scholars of Islamic history. A poet, mystic, prolific and writer, ‘A’ishah wrote more writings in Arabic than any other woman prior to the turn of the century. Yet…
The Expeditions is among the oldest biographies about the Prophet Muhammad to survive to the present day. The primary writer, Ma’mar ibn (96-153/714-770) was a well-known academic from Basra in the southern part of Iraq who was admired for his expertise in…
Answers and questions from two famous philosophersWhat is the reason laughter is contagious? Why do mountains exist? What is the reason we yearn for the past, even though it’s a victim of suffering? It covers a broad range of topics that span…
Two Arabic Travel Books The two books combine two outstanding examples that are a masterpiece of Arabic travel writing, written in the same period however, they report on wildly different experiences. accounts for China or India can be described as a collection of…
Many essay concerning Moroccan historical background, Sufism in particular, as well as religious and cultural life Al-Hasan al-Yusi was arguably the most well-known and influential Moroccan intellectual of his time. In 1084/1685 at the age of about fifty-four, after a long…
A merchant’s account of travels within an independent African stateMuhammad ibn ‘Umar al -Tunisi (d. 1274/1857) was part of the lineage of Tunisian merchants who traded with Egypt and, more recently, Sudan. Al-Tunisi was born in Cairo and was a graduate…
Merchant’s report of journeys across an autonomous African stateMuhammad ibn Umar al-Tunisi (d. 1274/1857) was a member of an extended group of Tunisian merchants who traded with Egypt and, more recently, Sudan. Al-Tunisi was born in Cairo and was a graduate…
Unique in pre-twentieth-century Arabic literature for taking the countryside as its central theme, Yusuf al-Shirbini’s Brains Confounded combines a mordant satire on seventeenth-century Egyptian rural society with a hilarious parody of the verse-and-commentary genre so beloved by scholars of his day. in…
A merchant’s account of journeys in an independent African state Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al -Tunisi (d. 1274/1857) was a member of the lineage of Tunisian merchants who traded with Egypt and the present Sudan. Al-Tunisi was born in Cairo and attended…
The birth, life and the early years of ‘the Fariyaq’, the alter ego of Arab scholar Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq “Leg over Leg” describes the life from birth to middle the age of “the Fariyaq,” alter identity for Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a…
The Heavens – Proverbs that of Prophet Muhammad with an authority that is second only to the Qur’an.These words from Muhammad (d. 11/632) prophet of God, as well as prophet for Islam is a cherished place in the heart of…
The accounts of women who have made headlines on the world’s largest courtConsorts of the Caliphs is a seventh/thirteenth-century compilation of anecdotes about thirty-eight women who were consorts to those in power, most of them concubines of the early Abbasid caliphs…
Caliph – Consorts of the Caliphs is a seventh/thirteenth-century compilation of anecdotes about thirty-eight women who were, as the title suggests, consorts to those in power, most of them concubines of the early Abbasid caliphs and wives of latter-day caliphs and…
Rhymes – Bawdy, witty and savage Yusuf al Shirbini’s Brains Confused is a battle between those who are “coarse” rural population against the “refined” urban populace. The first volume outlines the 3 rural “types”–peasant farmer, village man of religion and the rural dervish,…
War Song – Love poems and battle written by the legendary Arabian warriorFrom the highlands of the sixth century of Najd in Najd, in the Arabian peninsula in the Arabian peninsula, just before the introduction of Islam as it was…