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Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Vol. 2. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-18572-6. Moreh, S. (1976). Modern Arabic Poetry 1800–1970: The Development of its Forms and Themes under the Influence of Western Literature. Studies in Arabic Literature, 5. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 90-04-04795-6
Illustration from Kitab al-Aghani (Book of Songs), 1216–20, by Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, a collection of songs by famous musicians and Arab poets. It was the early poems' importance to Islamic scholarship which led to their preservation.
Arabic literature (Arabic: الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: al-Adab al-‘Arabī) is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language.The Arabic word used for literature is Adab, which comes from a meaning of etiquette, and which implies politeness, culture and enrichment.
Pre-Islamic poet-knight Antarah ibn Shaddad is the hero of a popular medieval Arabic romance. Arabic epic literature encompasses epic poetry and epic fantasy in Arabic literature. Virtually all societies have developed folk tales encompassing tales of heroes. Although many of these are legends, many are based on real events and historical figures.
This is a list of notable Muslim writers and poets. Writers and poets A ... Abu Nuwas (Arab Persian) Abu Tammam (Syrian Arab) Abu Zafar Obaidullah (Bangladeshi)
Arabic-language poets by nationality (16 C) + Arabic-language women poets (1 C, 49 P) Pages in category "Arabic-language poets" The following 64 pages are in this ...
The Jamharat Ash'ar al-Arab claims that two of the most competent ancient authorities on Arabic poetry, al-Mufaddal (d. c. 790) and Abu ʿUbaidah (d. 824 CE), had already assigned to the "Seven" (i.e. "the seven Mu'allaqat") a poem each of al-Nabigha and al-A'sha in place of those of 'Antara and Harith.
Randa Jarrar (born 1978) writer, novelist, essayist, and Arabic-English translator; of Egyptian and Palestinian descent; Zeyn Joukhadar, trans writer and former biomedical researcher; of Syrian descent; Mohja Kahf (born 1967), is a poet, novelist, and professor; of Syrian descent