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  2. Doaa al-Karawan (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Doaa al-Karwan (Arabic: دعاء الكروان)(The Call of the Curlew) is a novel by Taha Hussein, an Egyptian writer, published in 1934. [1] Taha Hussein dedicated it to the writer Abbas Al-Akkad. The Lebanese poet Khalil Mutran was inspired to write a poem by the atmosphere of the novel.

  3. The Nightingale's Prayer - Wikipedia

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    The Nightingale's Prayer (Arabic: دعاء الكروان, translit. Doaa al-Karawan listen ⓘ; also called The Curlew's Cry) [1] is a 1959 Egyptian drama film directed by Henry Barakat and based on a novel titled Doaa al-Karawan (novel) by the prominent writer Taha Hussein.

  4. Category:Egyptian novels - Wikipedia

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  5. 1959 in film - Wikipedia

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    September 30 – The film of Mise Éire, made by George Morrison for Gael Linn, is premiered to close the Cork Film Festival, the first feature-length Irish language film. October 7 – Rock Hudson , who is later voted top in the Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll for the year, appears in Pillow Talk alongside Doris Day for the first time.

  6. On Pre-Islamic Poetry - Wikipedia

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    On Pre-Islamic Poetry is a book of literary criticism published in 1926 by the Egyptian author Taha Hussein.In it, Hussein argued that pre-Islamic Arabic poetry, which then was believed to date from the pre-Islamic period, was actually from later eras.

  7. Zahret El-Ola - Wikipedia

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    Zahret El-Ola was born 10 June 1934 in Alexandria, Egypt.After obtaining a diploma from the Institute of Dramatic Arts, she moved with her family to Mahalla al-Kubra and then to Cairo where she was apprenticed by Youssef Wahbi and worked in his theater, then went to work in the cinema.

  8. Truth Has a Voice - Wikipedia

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    Truth Has a Voice (Arabic: الكروان له شفايف, translit.“Al-Karawan Loh Shafayef”) is an Egyptian drama film released in 1976. It was directed by Hassan al-Imam as a kind of remake of his earlier 1951 release حكم القوى (“The Powers That Be”), starring Mohsen Sarhan and Huda Sultan.

  9. Pre-Islamic Arabic poetry - Wikipedia

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    Among the most famous poets of the pre-Islamic era are Imru' al-Qais, Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya, al-Nabigha, Tarafa, Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, and Antarah ibn Shaddad. Other poets, such as Ta'abbata Sharran , al-Shanfara , Urwa ibn al-Ward , were known as su'luk or vagabond poets, much of whose works consisted of attacks on the rigidity of tribal life ...