Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A distinct group has recently become public at the University; The Diwan Arabic Poetry Club is not ...

A new book of translations is set to bring a classical Arabic poet into the Western imagination – and change perceptions of the Middle East with it. One of literature’s undeniable life lessons is that ...

Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the Arab ...

Lost amid the azure depths of 1,500 years of Arabic prose? Don't know al-Qais from Darwish? Then start here A portrait painted on a street in Beirut by artist Yazan Halwani in January 2014 depicts the ...

“Arabic had been a passion for me much before I flew in to the UAE,” says Ismail who hails from Kerala. He mastered the language by taking a post-graduate degree and also did the preliminary for ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Not only was Islam leaving its poetic mark, at the same time there was a movement of Buddhists, Hindus and Chinese throughout SE Asia and these four major philosophies have left their marks on the ...

In The Million's Poet programme, competitors battle it out to impress a panel of judges with traditional Arabic poems, not pop songs. But instead of choosing an ode to the beauty of Bedouin life, ...