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Placing the Poet: Badr Shakir al-Sayyab and Postco

Encyclopaedia of the Orient: Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish, Poetry of Arab Pain - Are Israeli Students Ready?, Poets from Palestine: Mahmoud Darwish

Dunqul, Amal

Genesis and Exodus in the Poetry of Amal Dunqul

Kanafani, Ghassan

All That's Left to You: A Novella and Other S, Ghassan Kanafani, Jaffa: Land of Oranges

Munif, Abdel-Rahman

Arab Gateway: Abdelrahman Munif, The Barber of Baghdad

Ziadeh, May

Introducing Miss Mai, The Mirror of Mai

Adonis

http://www.geocities.com/hhilmy_ma/

Features a biography, a poetry collection, and photos.

Ahmed Bouzafour

http://www.geocities.com/hhilmy2/

Dedicated to the Moroccan writer Ahmed Bouzafour featuring a biography, pictures and some of his works.

Ameen F. Rihani

http://www.ameenrihani.org

A page dedicated to the Lebanese-American author and thinker. Site contains a biography, works in both English and Arabic, translations, tributes, and information on the Ameen Rihani Museum.

Arabic Literature

http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/arablit.htm

An overview, from the Cornell University Library.

Arabic Literature

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/MiddleEast/arabic_lit.html

Hyperlinked overview of Arabic literature.

Arabic Literature Seminar at the ACLA

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~kadhim/als.html

Invites papers for a Seminar on Arabic literature at the annual convention of the American Comparative Literature Association to be held in April 2001.

Arabic Poetry

http://www.umassd.edu/specialprograms/mideastaffairs/poets.htm

Provides English translations of poems by Amal Dunqul, Mahomoud Darwish, Khalil Gibran, and Nizar Qabbani.

Iraqi Writer

http://www.iraqiwriter.com

Published in Arabic, French, and English. Iraqi literatures include: Alsafna, poems and short stories. Also provides critiques, discussions and biographies.

Medieval Sourcebook: Selections from the Poets of

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/arabianpoets1.html

A selection of Classic poems.

Nihad Sirees - Novelist and Screenwriter from Syri

http://www.syriagate.com/nihadsirees/

Information, brief biography and select listing of works.

Ode of Tarafah

http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/taraf.htm

An English translation of one of the seven mu'allaqat, translated by A. J. Arberry.

Saud Al-Harkan

http://www.saudalharkan.com/saud%20web%20site/HTML%20eng/home_eng.htm

A bilingual site containing the author's biography, bibliography, and philosophy.

Taha Hussein

http://www.sis.gov.eg/egyptinf/culture/html/thussein.htm

Features a detailed biography of his life and works, and a photo album.

The Arabic Christian Literature

http://www.al-bushra.org/arbhrtg/arbxtn01.htm

An article by Dr. George Khoury about the contribution of the Melkites, the Jacobites, the Nestorians, the Copts and the Maronites to the Arab Christian heritage.

The Legend of Layla and Madjnun

http://www.artarena.force9.co.uk/majnun.htm

The story and origin of one of the most popular legends of the Middle East.

The Role of Women in Arabic Literature

http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/awomnlit.htm

An article by Mona Mikhailis.

Untraditional Woman

http://www.geocities.com/a_wakeela/azza.html

Poetry site of The Egyptian author "Azza El Wakeel," in both the Arabic and English languages.