The General Secretariat of the Sharjah Award for Arabic Poetry Criticism has selected “Cultural and Artistic Patterns in ...

TEHRAN-Rudaki was not the first Persian-speaking poet; however, as he demonstrated the power of Persian as a poetic language ...

IN ARABIC, qaseeda means a panegyric ode and ‘burda’ means a shawl-like fabric worn over the shoulders, a mantle. Qaseeda Burda , or Qaseedatul Burda, is a famous poem in Arabic that offers ...

Vālmīki’s epic poem “The Rāmāyaṇa” is a great work of literature and a treasure of Indian culture — but its political and ...

In one of the few poems from the late Abbasid period, Muslim scholar Yaqut al-Hamawi wrote: “O you whose beauty's splendour ...

To land the kiss on her cheek, Trump would have had to either crane his neck or move her hat. Instead, he gave her an air ...

Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria's then-ruler Bashar al-Assad, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse of Arabic poetry on his cell wall — an expression of pain and love amid his torment.

Hamas-led militants have freed three more hostages from the Gaza Strip after more than 15 months in captivity.

A graffiti in Arabic on the wall of a prison cell reads ... More Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo Some inmates turned to poetry, quoting verses like, "When you wage your wars, think of those who ask ...