Arabic literature

Table of Contents

References & Edit History Related Topics

Images

world distribution of Islam

Quʾrān manuscript

Archangel Isrāfīl

Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī

Karagöz shadow puppets

Read Next

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Discover

Berries and leaves of the bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) plant. Poisonous plant

7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

7 Deadliest Weapons in History

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Drinking water is poured into a glass.

Water Fluoridation: Just the Facts

Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.

Timeline of the 2000s

Arabic literature: Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos

world distribution of Islam

Quʾrān manuscript

Archangel Isrāfīl

Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī

Karagöz shadow puppets

See All Images →

Topics

mubālaghah mushāʿirah musāmarah ḥubb ʿudhrī ayyām al-ʿArab inshāʾ zuhdiyyah zajal shahr-āshūb qiṭʿah English literature French literature African literature American literature Italian literature German literature Spanish literature Japanese literature Latin American literature Chinese literature

Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic

Key People

Mahmoud Darwish

Mahmoud Darwish

Palestinian poet

al-Ghazālī

Muslim jurist, theologian, and mystic

Ibn al-ʿArabī

Muslim mystic

Ameen Rihani

Arab American author and political figure

Alaa al-Aswany

Egyptian author

Nawal El Saadawi

Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, author, and feminist

Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz

Egyptian writer

Adonis

Adonis

Syrian-born Lebanese poet and literary critic

Al Neimi, Salwa

Salwa Al Neimi

Syrian author and journalist

Ṭāhā Ḥusayn

Egyptian author

al-Mutanabbī

Muslim poet

Imruʾ al-Qays

Arab poet

Nizār Qabbānī

Syrian poet and diplomat

al-Jāḥiẓ

Muslim theologian and scholar

al-Suyūṭī

Egyptian author

al-Maʿarrī

Arab poet

Mehmed bin Süleyman Fuzuli

Turkish author

Ṣunʿ Allāh Ibrāhīm

Egyptian author

al-Farazdaq

Islamic poet

Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm

Egyptian author

Quiz

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Hand with pencil writing on page. (handwriting; write)

Word Nerd Quiz

List

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”