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Arabic Poetry Books
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أمل دنقل: الأعمال الكاملة (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,748 ratings — published 1987
لو أننا لم نفترق (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.95 — 6,235 ratings — published 1998
قالت لي السمراء (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.48 — 1,944 ratings — published 1944
جدارية (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.30 — 6,896 ratings — published 2000
في عينيك عنواني (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,154 ratings — published 1990
شيء سيبقى بيننا
by (shelved 5 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,621 ratings — published 1983
أحبك أحبك والبقية تأتى (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,229 ratings — published 1978
A River Dies of Thirst: Journals (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.03 — 6,167 ratings — published 2008
لأني أحبك (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,108 ratings — published 2005
لن أبيع العمر (paper book)
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,570 ratings — published 2007
ديوان ابن الفارض (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.08 — 829 ratings — published 1963
يوميات امرأة لا مبالية (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,537 ratings — published 1968
Arabian Love Poems: Full Arabic and English Texts (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,590 ratings — published 1975
دائمًا أنت بقلبي (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,081 ratings — published 1993
رباعيات صلاح جاهين (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.40 — 12,030 ratings — published 1963
ديوان المتنبي (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.40 — 2,540 ratings — published 1983
أحلى قصائدي (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,238 ratings — published 1992
In the Presence of Absence (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,558 ratings — published 2006
كل عام وأنت حبيبتي
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,630 ratings — published 1978
كزهر اللوز أو أبعد
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,371 ratings — published 2005
لافتات - المجموعة الكاملة (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,214 ratings — published 1996
ديوان عنترة بن شداد
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.23 — 348 ratings — published 2001
الأعمال الشعرية الكاملة: الجزء الأول (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.28 — 396 ratings — published
الأعمال الكاملة (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,232 ratings — published 2007
Abundance from the Desert: Classical Arabic Poetry (Middle East Literature In Translation)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.29 — 24 ratings — published 2010
Victims of a Map: A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.29 — 316 ratings — published 1990
The Divan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.65 — 7,485 ratings — published 1390
ذاكرة للنسيان (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,387 ratings — published 1986
الرقص مع البوم (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.44 — 1,097 ratings — published 2003
مأساة الحلاج (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,934 ratings — published 1966
شرح المعلقات السبع (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.06 — 637 ratings — published 1823
لا تصالح (Audiobook)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.51 — 4,873 ratings — published 2009
الأعمال الشعرية الكاملة - الجزء الأول (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,446 ratings — published 2006
قصيدة بلقيس (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,344 ratings — published 1982
أعلنت عليك الحب (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.58 — 6,299 ratings — published 1976
ديوان الإمام الشافعي (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.45 — 5,475 ratings — published 820
الرسم بالكلمات (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,208 ratings — published 1966
قصائد متوحشة (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,171 ratings — published 1998
أشهد أن لا امرأة إلا أنت (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,056 ratings — published 1979
العصافير تموت في الجليل (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.51 — 641 ratings — published 1993
لماذا تركت الحصان وحيدا
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,475 ratings — published 1999
حالة حصار (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,070 ratings — published 2002
سحيم (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.31 — 607 ratings — published 2002
The Mu'allaqat: Ancient Odes for Modern Souls (A Bilingual Arabic-English Edition of Pre-Islamic Poetry)
by (shelved 2 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 4.80 — 5 ratings — published
أنتِ لي (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.24 — 736 ratings — published 1950
ليل واحد في كل المدن (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as arabic-poetry)
avg rating 3.12 — 793 ratings — published 2010
“Taxi Driver”
There’s a strange kind of liberation in being just a taxi driver— the freedom tucked inside that word: just.
Because you’re just a driver, no one truly sees you. Yet you see it all— the absurdities, the shallows, the beauty, sorrow, joy, heartbreak—passengers unknowingly exposed.
They grant you a diluted respect, sometimes half-fake, sometimes not at all— because you’re just a taxi driver.
But they leave you be. No one's scheming to steal your seat. They want you in that seat. They ride with you because, for now, it’s a seat they don’t desire.
Still, like all fleeting liberations, this too carries disappointment— a bittersweet sting.
You realize the only reason they leave you alone is because you've escaped into a seat they never wanted in the first place. And that hurts.”
― سرطان في كل مكان [Cancer Everywhere]
There’s a strange kind of liberation in being just a taxi driver— the freedom tucked inside that word: just.
Because you’re just a driver, no one truly sees you. Yet you see it all— the absurdities, the shallows, the beauty, sorrow, joy, heartbreak—passengers unknowingly exposed.
They grant you a diluted respect, sometimes half-fake, sometimes not at all— because you’re just a taxi driver.
But they leave you be. No one's scheming to steal your seat. They want you in that seat. They ride with you because, for now, it’s a seat they don’t desire.
Still, like all fleeting liberations, this too carries disappointment— a bittersweet sting.
You realize the only reason they leave you alone is because you've escaped into a seat they never wanted in the first place. And that hurts.”
― سرطان في كل مكان [Cancer Everywhere]
“Barbie”
Through my many long travels I’ve seen women reading books on planes, buses, and trains…
Over the years, three titles caught my eye, each in the hands of women who looked—or tried to look—like the Barbie doll.
I don’t recall the exact names, but one was along the lines of ‘How to Keep Your Husband’ or ‘How to Preserve Your Marriage.’
The second warned of ‘Signs He’s Cheating on You,’
and the third promised how to get rid of him—and move on.
It felt as if these three titles mapped out the lifecycle of every woman who lets herself play Barbie.
And I often wonder: wouldn’t reading ‘How to Stop Playing the Barbie Role in Love and Life’ be enough to solve all the problems those books claim to fix?
[Original poem published”
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Through my many long travels I’ve seen women reading books on planes, buses, and trains…
Over the years, three titles caught my eye, each in the hands of women who looked—or tried to look—like the Barbie doll.
I don’t recall the exact names, but one was along the lines of ‘How to Keep Your Husband’ or ‘How to Preserve Your Marriage.’
The second warned of ‘Signs He’s Cheating on You,’
and the third promised how to get rid of him—and move on.
It felt as if these three titles mapped out the lifecycle of every woman who lets herself play Barbie.
And I often wonder: wouldn’t reading ‘How to Stop Playing the Barbie Role in Love and Life’ be enough to solve all the problems those books claim to fix?
[Original poem published”
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