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Modern Arabic Literature
A library research guide for students of Modern Arabic literature.
Getting Started
Poetry
Fiction
Literary Criticism
In Translation
Arabic Dictionaries
Databases & Journals
Web Resources
Famous Arab Poets
Adnan Adil (b. 1971)
Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750–809)
Iliyya Abu Madi, (d. 1957)
Layla al-Akhyaliyyah, (d. 704)
Abu-l-'Atahiya, (d. 828)
Muhyi al-din ibn al-'Arabi, (d. 1240)
Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861–908)
Abd Al-Rahman Abnudi (b. 1938)
Abdel latif Moubarak (b. 1964)
Abdul Rahman Yusuf (b. 1970)
Abo Al Qassim Al Shabbi
Abu-l-'Atahiya (748–828)
Al-Mutanabbi (915–965)
Abu 'Afak (7th Century)
Abu Tammam (c. 805–845)
Abbas Al Akkad (1889–1964)
Adunis (b. 1928–)
Ali Al Jallawi (b. 1975–)
al-Akhtal (c. 640–710)
Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570–625)
Muhammed Almagut (1934–2006)
Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq (7th Century)
'Alqama ibn 'Abada (6th century)
Amr ibn Kulthum (6th century)
'Antara Ibn Shaddad (d. c. 580)
Asma bint Marwan
Yaser Alzayat
Bashar ibn Burd (714–784)
Mourid Barghouti (b. 1944)
Mahmud Sami al-Barudi (d. 1904)
Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati (1926–1999)
Mohammed Bennis (1948-)
al-Buhturi (820–897)
'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Busiri (d. 1296)
Bashir Copti, (1929- ) (
بشير عيسى قبطي
)
Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008)
Ibn Duraid (837–934)
al-Farazdaq (d. c. 729)
Ibn al-Farid (1181–1235
Abd al-Rahman al-Fazazi (d. 1230)
Emad Fouad
Fatena Al Ghorra (b. 1975)
Mohamed Ghozzi (20th century)
Kahlil Gibran (1883- 1931)
Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 922)
Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (967–1007)
Qassim Haddad (b. 1948)
Hassan ibn Thabit (d. c. 674)
Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri
Hafiz Ibrahim (1872–1932)
Imru' al-Qais (6th century)
Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967)
Najma Idrees
Badawi al-Jabal, (b. 1907)
Mohanad Jacob
Jabal ibn Jawwal (7th Century)
Salah Jaheen (1930–1986)
Jamal Jumá (b. 1956)
Jarir ibn `Atiyah al-Khatfi (d. c. 728)
Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri, (d. 1998)
Ibn Juzayy (1321–1340)
Ka'b bin Zuhayr (6th century)
Ibn Khafajah, (b. 1039)
Khalil ibn Ahmad (718–791)
al-Khansa (600–670)
Ibn al-Khatib (1313-1374)
Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743)
Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)
Labīd (560–661)
Muhammad ibn Ammar (c. 1031–1086)
Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi, (d. 973)
Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri
Abu ibn Abd Allah al-Ma'arri (973–1057)
Abderrahman El Majdoub (d. 1568)
Nazik Al-Malaika (1923-2007)
Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi (d. 1298)
Lamia Makaddam
Ibrahim Al-Mausili (742–804)
Francis Marrash (1836–1873)
Maryana Marrash (1848–1919)
Khalil Mutran (d. 1949)
Salman Masalha (b. 1953)
Iman Mersal
Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid (1040–1095)
al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani (6th century)
Ibrahim Nagi (1898–1953)
Abu Nuwas (750–813)
Bhai Nand Lal (1633–1713)- composed mainly in Urdu and Persian
Mana Al Otaiba, (b. 1946)
Nizar Qabbani (1923–1998)
Samih al-Qasim, (20th century)
Ibn Quzman (1078–1160)
Qays ibn al-Mullawah, (d. 688)
Ibn al-Rumi, (d. 896)
Ibn Sahl of Sevilla (1212–1251)
Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932)
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, (d. 1964)
Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560)
Abd Al-Rahman Shokry (1886–1958)
Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari (1212-1269)
Abu Tammam, (c. 805–845)
Tarafah ibn al 'Abd (6th century)
Ahmad al-Tifashi (d. 1253)
Fadwa Toukan (1917–2003)
Ibrahim Touqan (1905–1941), Palestinian
'Umar Abu Rishah (b. 1910)
Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah (d. 712)
Waddah al-Yaman (d. 708)
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (994–1091)
al-Walid ibn Yazid, (d. 744)
Saadi Youssef (born 1934)
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, (d. 1936)
Mohammed ibn Qasim ibn Zakur (d. 1708)
Zuhayr ibn Abī Sūlmā (520–609)
Ibn Zaydún (1003–1071)
Introductions
Arabic poetry can be found in the catalog using search terms
shi'r
(الشعر) and
qasidah
(القصيدة).
A Critical Introduction to Modern Arabic Poetry
by
M. M. Badawi
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 0521290236
The Oral Tradition of Classical Arabic Poetry
by
Michael J. Zwettler
Call Number: PJ7541 .Z9 1978
ISBN: 081420273X
Trends and Movements in Modern Arabic Poetry
by
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Call Number: PJ7561 .J33
ISBN: 9004049207
Analysis and Criticism
The Vagaries of the Qasidah
by
J. E. Montgomery
Call Number: PJ7543 .M66 1997
ISBN: 0906094356
The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy
by
Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych; Jaroslav Pinckney Stetkevych
Call Number: PJ7542.Q3 S757 2002
ISBN: 0253341191
Making the Great Book of Songs
by
Hilary Kilpatrick
Call Number: PJ631.A23 K55 2003
ISBN: 0700717013
The Mute Immortals Speak
by
Suzanne P. Stetkevych
Call Number: PJ7542.Q3 S75 1993
ISBN: 0801427649
The Zephyrs of Najd
by
Jaroslav Stetkevych
Call Number: PJ7542.Q3 S74 1993
ISBN: 0226773361
Mannerism in Arabic Poetry
by
Stefan Sperl
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 0521354854
Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia and Africa
by
Stefan Sperl (Editor) and Christopher Shackle (Editor)
Call Number: PJ7542.Q3 Q24 1995
ISBN: 9004102957
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