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Modern Arabic Literature: Poetry

A library research guide for students of Modern Arabic literature.

Introductions

Arabic poetry can be found in the catalog using search terms shi'r (الشعر) and qasidah (القصيدة).

Analysis and Criticism

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)
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