#arabian academia

[nejjcollectsbooks]

The Penguin Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature by Robert Irwin.

My first week in Morocco is over, and from visiting relatives and keeping house it's been Irwin's anthology of Arabic lit that has been tiding me over from one hot day to the next.

"Translation is like a seance with the dead and what comes out on the planchette will often read like urgent nonsense."

[dreamsoffaerie]

academia around the world: arab academia

as you think of others far away, think of yourself (say: “if only I were a candle in the dark”).

[lone-nyctophile]

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

“Birds born in a cage believe that freedom is a crime”

[maihonhassan]

Arabic saying that got me in tears;

“هناك قلوب لن تكرهك مهما أوجعتها "

"There are hearts that won't ever hate you, no matter how much you hurt them."

[1998da]

🍕❤️😋

[aphroditeaintshit]

Then the moon asked, 'who made you stare at me'

[inamoratasonata]

tell me princess when did you last let your heart decide?

— aladdin

[melcholune]

[narcissuspaperwhite]

There is smth about Arabic Love Poems.

[nejjcollectsbooks]

Mehndi : The Timeless Art of Henna Painting by Loretta Roome

Is a history on henna body art across cultures in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. For such a popular practice among women of these cultures, there is not enough literature on it, instead, like history, common folklore and cultural practices that are passed down through oral traditions, the art of henna is also passed from one woman to another. Which is why it's great to come across a female author who is able to put into such eloquent words its importance, benefits, and cultural significance and be one of the few to record its history.

[kabhi-kabhi-aditi]

so I wait for you like a lonely house

till you will see me again and live in me.

🪴🏡

[creepie-n-squirrel]

Did anyone else out there read Arabian Nights as a kid?

[writersushiii]

@ ihxm5 on threads 🧵

[maihonhassan]

In Arabic we don’t say “good bye” we say “فِي أَمَانِ اللّٰه ” which translates “I leave you in the care of Allah” and i think that’s beautiful.

[thesleepyblueocean]

All words In the dictionaries, letters, and novels Died. I want to discover A way to love you Without words.

Nizar Qabbani, Arabian Love Poems