Anthology of Arabic Literature, Culture, and Thought from Pre-Islamic Times to the Present
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This book--the first comprehensive reader of Arabic literature from pre-Islamic times to the present--is an essential work for advanced students of the Arabic language. Presenting seventy works by seventy authors, it includes pre-Islamic poetry and prose; selections from the Qur'an; the Prophet Muhammad's last sermon; writings from the "Golden Age of the Arabs" in philosophy, mysticism, prose, and poetry; works from the neoclassical, modernist, and metaphorical schools; literature of the Arabs in Andalus, Spain; and discussions of cultural, literary, critical, and political movements of the present day. Each selection is followed by a vocabulary list, a list of idioms and notes, and a set of questions about the text.The book not only introduces students to the entire sweep of Arabic intellectual, political, and cultural thought but also gives examples of how this thought is expressed, offering important insights into the Arab mind.
1Arabian love poems22To my mother and other poems103Sadness in the moonlight164Song of rain235The gypsy symphony326Men in the sun387The epidemics448Sun on a cloudy day509The guard of the lost city5610Alive in the dead sea6411Children of our quarter7012An evening party for June the 5[superscript th]8013The grave digger9014Moments of death9615On Brooklyn Bridge10316Directions of modern Arabic poetry10917The Arabic novel11518Contemporary Arab poetry12319Three faces of Ghalib Halasah12820On pre-Islamic literature13521Human rights in Arab thought14122A woman at point zero14723Who hit 'A'isha?15424Formless world16325From local award to nobel prize16826Ghassan Kanafani to Ghada Samman17727Mahmoud Darwish to Samih al-Qasim18228Samih al-Qasim to Mahmoud Darwish19029Critique of religious thought19730Cultural critique of Arab society20231The shock of modernity20932Our need for renewal21933The nature of despotism22634Americanized Islam23135Nationalization of the Suez Canal23836Resistance, victory, and liberation24537Al-Muqaddimah25538The satanic routes26339May the rain be bountiful to you27040Dove's necklace27541The Arabian nights : Alf Laylah wa Laylah28442Tribal and national heroes : biography of 'Antarah Ibn Shaddad29343Gems of wisdom30344Mystic paths31045Al-Tawasin31546Incoherence of the incoherence32347The human soul33248Maqama of Sana'a34049Maqama on composing poetry34550Evidence of inimitability in the Qur'an35251Criticism of poetry35952Oh, what burning of the heart36853Conquest of Amorium37354Tavern of the city37755The epistle of forgiveness38056On inclination38857Kitab al-'Ayn39458The unique necklace40159The book of songs40860Elucidation and exposition41861Kalila wa Dimna42362Al-Kitab43063Layla's mad lover43764Biography of the Prophet Muhammad44265Nahj al-Balaghah44966Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad45667Prophet Muhammad's last sermon in 632 A.D.46568Surat Maryam47169Pre-Islamic Prose : selected texts47670Al-Mu'allaqa482
