Arabic Literature

Although virtually ignored, even in the 21st Century, the range and depth of medieval Arabic literature - fiction and non-fiction (and its impact on European civilisation) cannot be disputed. Just ask Disney about the 1001 Nights.

Season of Migration to the North
أولاد حارتنا
عزازيل
ثلاثية غرناطة
ساق البامبو
The Prophet
Impasse des deux palais
رجال في الشمس
عائد إلى حيفا
The Arabian Nights
The Broken Wings
The Thief and the Dogs
يوتوبيا
The Yacoubian Building
الحرافيش
Louis Yako
Departure" Everyone wants to leave— those here long to be there, and many there ache to return here… There are some who’ve grasped that living is impossible neither here nor there— so they search, in vain, for alternatives. Few have come to understand that this impossibility of living stems not from geography, but from complicity. Most who stay or go never part ways with their surrender and quiet compliance— and so they recreate, everywhere they settle, the same conditions and reasons for dep ...more
Louis Yako, سرطان في كل مكان [Cancer Everywhere]

لم يكن لقاءً عابرًا، بل لعنةً سكنت روحي… وكل محاولات الشفاء منها، ذهبت هباءً. It wasn’t just a passing encounter, but a curse that took hold of my soul… and every attempt to heal from it was in vain.
Khaled Ibrahim

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