The Council of Arabic and Islamic Studies uses a film and poetry series to fight stigmas about Arabic culture Professor Souad T. Ali, Director of Arabic Studies poses for a picture of ASU Senior Ben ...

Stetkevych is the first woman to receive the award since 1994. Stetkevych is a revolutionary force in the field of Arabic poetry because she analyzes texts in their original, performative context, ...

SHARJAH, 28th July 2025 (WAM) -- The fourth Arab Poetry Forum recently took place in Bamako, Mali, under the support of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member ...

Many modern writers in the Arab world began their literary careers by practising poetry, including Iman Mersal, Nouri al-Jarrah, and Maram al-Masri. In doing so they gained a sense of Arabic’s ...

Dr Mahmoud al-Ashiri, an Associate Professor of Arabic at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), has recently published a new Arabic language book titled Poetry as Narrative: A Study in the Text ...

“The purpose of the Arabic Film and Poetry Series is to introduce the ASU and Arizona communities to cultural aspects of Arab society and culture through film and a rich variety of classical, ...

But I soon discovered that, together with the Qur’an, Classical Arabic poetry—a vibrant tradition rooted in the pre-Islamic tribes and kingdoms (as far back as about 450 CE) and flourishing ...

Traditional Arabic poetry, he explained, was usually written in one of 16 meters, in balanced lines split by a caesura, and frequently employing a single end rhyme for an entire poem.