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In Wineseller's Street: Renderings of Hafez
by Thomas Rain Crowe  Publisher Comments "In Wineseller's Street" is about hope. About a world seen through eyes that don't idolize individualism and separation. It reflects the human potential of living in a world of harmony and grace. No poet and no tradition does this better than Hafez...
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A Tale of Four Dervishes (Penguin Classics)
by Mir Amman Publisher Comments A dazzling Urdu epic that evokes a magical Indo-Muslim world Originally composed in the fourteenth century and made popular in 1803 by Mir Ammans colloquial retelling, this wonderfully entertaining story paints a portrait of a distant and colorful time...
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Ancient Egyptian Literature-volume I (2ND 06 Edition)
by Miriam Lichtheim Publisher Comments First published in 1973 - and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 - this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world's earliest...
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Ancient Egyptian Literature-volume III (2ND 06 Edition)
by Miriam Lichtheim Publisher Comments First published in 1973 - and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 - this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world's earliest...
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Arabic Proverbs
by John Lewis Burckhardt Publisher Comments Written by a Swiss-born explorer of remote parts of the Arab world, this rich treasury of native Arab proverbs offers everything from homespun remarks on friendship and personal status to opinions on oppression. Carefully annotated with more than 780...
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Literature of Ancient Egypt an Anthology
by William Kel Simpson Synopsis The latest edition of this highly praised anthology of ancient Egyptian literature offers fresh translations of all the texts as well as some twenty-five new entries, including writings from the late literature of the Demotic period at the end of...
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Love Lyrics of Ancient Egypt
by Barbara Hugh Fowler Publisher Comments Ancient Egypt is often thought of as a gloomy society obsessed with death. But a collection of papyri, dating to the latter half of the New Kingdom (ca. 1305-1080 B.C.), presents us with delicate love lyrics that dispel any such illusion. These vibrant...
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Literature of Ancient Egypt : an Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry (3RD 03 Edition)
by William Kelly (ed.) Simpson Publisher Comments The latest edition of this highly praised anthology of ancient Egyptian literature offers fresh translations of all the texts as well as some twenty-five new entries, including writings from the late literature of the Demotic period at the end of...
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Ancient Egyptian Literature - Volume II (2ND 06 Edition)
by Miriam Lichtheim Publisher Comments First published in 1973 - and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 - this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world's earliest...
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Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume 2 the New
by Miriam Lichtheim Synopsis Chronologically arranged translations of ancient Egyptian writings shed light upon the development of diverse literary forms. Bibliogs....
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Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Abolqasem Ferdowsi and Dick Davis Publisher Comments The great national epic of Persia — the most complete English-language edition. Wherever Persian influence has spread, the stories of the Shahnameh become deeply embedded in the culture, as their appearance in such novels as The Kite Runner...
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Publications on the Near East, University of Washington #3: The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam: From the Persian National Epic, the Shahname of Abdol-Qasem Ferdowsi
by Jerome W Clinton Publisher Comments The great Persian classic known as the Shahname, or Book of Kings, completed in the eleventh century A.D. by the poet Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi, describes the pre-Islamic history of Persia from mythological times down to the invasion of the armies of Islam in...
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The Classical Heritage in Islam (Arabic Thought & Culture)
by Franz Rosenthal Publisher Comments 'The Classical Heritage In Islam' reveals that the Muslim adoption of Greek works and ideas was not blind imitation or the haphazard acceptance of traditions but rather an original synthesis and a unique achievement....
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Aspects of Islamic civilization :as depicted in the original texts
by A J Arberry Publisher Comments An anthology of selections from Arabic and Persian writers<BR>...
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Valley of Ashes
by Ahmed Fagih Publisher Comments A poetic coming of age story by one of the leading contemporary writers of the Arab world, "Valley of Ashes" is the story of a free-thinking woman's clash, and eventual reconcilliation with the traditions and values of her desert village community....
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Epic & Sedition: The Case of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
by Dick Davis Publisher Comments -- 1989 Publication Award of the Persian Heritage...
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The Thirsty Sword: Sirat 'Antar and the Arabic Popular Epic
by Peter Heath Book News Annotation Explores the popular epic of Arabic storytelling by focusing on a particular example, The Life Story of 'Antar, purporting to recount the life of the famous pre-Islamic Arab poet and warrior. Considers the poem in the context of Arabic oral tradition...
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Homoeroticism in Classical Arabic Literature
by J W Wright Review "No previous volume devoted to Arabic literature has seriously addressed either eroticism in general or homoeroticism in particular. Homoeroticism in Classical Arabic Literature breaks new ground with nuanced discussions of one of the most important and...
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The Miraculous journey of Mahomet: Mirâj Nâmeh: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Manuscrit Supplément Turc 190)
by Marie-Rose Séguy
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Kasidah: 6th Limited Edition (1 of 925)
by Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
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