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The Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song "Layla" and that Lord Byron called "the Romeo and Juliet of the East," in a masterly new translation The iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his...

An anthology of verse by women poets writing in Persian, most of whom have never been translated into English before, from acclaimed scholar and translator Dick Davis. The Mirror of My Heart is a unique and captivating collection of eighty-three Persian women poets, many of whom wrote...

Finalist for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation A vivid, "mesmerizing" (New York Times Magazine) portrait of life in the shadow of violence and loss, for readers of both English and Persian The first selection of poems by renowned Iranian poet Garous Abdolmalekian to appear in English, this...

A powerful personal journey to find meaning and life lessons in the words of a wildly popular 13th century poet. Rumi's inspiring and deceptively simple poems have been called ecstatic, mystical, and devotional. To writer and activist Melody Moezzi, they became a lifeline. In The Rumi...

From the much-acclaimed novelist and essayist, a beautifully rendered, poignant collection of personal essays, chronicling immigrant and Iranian-American life in our contemporary moment. Novelist Porochista Khakpour's family moved to Los Angeles after fleeing the Iranian Revolution, giving up...

العشاق الثلاثة لزكي مبارك هو رحلة أدبية تأخذنا إلى عوالم الحب العذري النقي، من خلال قصص ثلاثة من رموز العشق العربي: جميل بن معمر، وكُثيّر بن عبد الرحمن، والعباس بن الأحنف. يقدم زكي مبارك سردًا ساحرًا لحياة هؤلاء الشعراء، كاشفًا عن تجاربهم العاطفية التي نبضت بنقاء الحب وسموه. في هذا الكتاب، يغوص مبارك في أشعارهم، محللًا كيف جسدت كلماتهم أسمى معاني الحب بعيدًا عن نزعات المادة، لتتحول قصائدهم إلى رموز خالدة للعشق الصادق. العشاق الثلاثة ليس مجرد دراسة عن الحب، بل هو لوحة أدبية تعكس رهافة المشاعر العربية وتدعو القارئ للتأمل في جماليات الشعر العذري وألقه.[]p

This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, and family.

Una fábula espiritual que llega al corazón.

A través de veintiséis preciosas lecciones de vida, Almustafá ofrece una visión rebosante de luz y de trascendencia sobre temas tan importantes y atemporales como el amor, la pasión, el trabajo, la belleza, la libertad, el dolor, la razón o la muerte.

Un testimonio indispensable para todos aquellos que buscan sabiduría, paz, esperanza y un sentido al mundo de hoy.

One of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was imminent. Thinking it might be his final work, he summoned all his poetic genius to create a luminous work that defies categorization.

Cuentan que, en cierta ocasión, mientras mi maestro, Djalal al Din Rumi, sumergido en un éxtasis de Amor Divino, recitaba poemas cargados de pasión, un extranjero que se sentaba entre nosotros no pudo contenerse y empezó a llorar y a gemir, arrobado por la belleza de lo que estaba escuchando. De esa manera, cuando mi maestro terminó y abrió los ojos, el extranjero le preguntó: "Oh señor, ¿dónde ha encontrado la inspiración para escribir esos versos". A lo que mi maestro contestó: "Del mismo sitio donde tú has encontrado tus lágrimas". La Taberna del Derviche.

Award-winning poet Safia Elhillo reinvents the epic to explore Muslim girlhood and shame, the dangers of being a woman, and the myriad violences enacted and imagined against women’s bodies. Drawing from her own life and family histories, as well as cultural myths and news stories about honor killings and genital mutilation, she interlaces the everyday traumas of growing up a girl under patriarchy with magical realist imaginings of rebellion, autonomy, and power.

Almustafa, the prophet of Orphalese, awakes to the fulfillment of his 12-year wish: the arrival of his ship to take him home. Suddenly, he and the rest of the inhabitants are faced with his imminent departure. With the assistance of the seer Almitra, he is first set upon an unexpected course of disclosing his perspectives on life to the inhabitants of Orphalese; a process that holds new insights and realizations even for Almustafa, himself.

Omar Khayyám (1048–1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and a philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. Later, a body of quatrains became attached to his name, although not all were his works. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883), an English country gentleman, published a free adaptation of this Persian poetry. After its discovery by D. G. Rossetti and others, the verse became extremely popular.

Safia Hussein Guerras' book, O.N.E: Opportunities Never End, is a profound exploration of the human experience, woven through a rich tapestry of philosophical musings and poetic reflections. The narrative delves deep into the essence of what it means to be human, contemplating the intricacies of love, pain, faith, and the eternal struggle between good and evil. At the heart of Guerras' work lies a poignant understanding of life's dualities and the constant search for meaning in a world fraught with contradictions.

Palestina, metà degli anni cinquanta. Mentre il conflitto arabo-israeliano infiamma, Ichmad - dodici anni, un talento non comune per la matematica e un'ammirazione sconfinata per Albert Einstein - scopre per la prima volta cosa siano la violenza e la paura. Anno dopo anno, ingiustizia dopo ingiustizia, i suoi fratelli soccombono all'odio verso Israele, invece Ichmad lotta per dare un senso a ciò che lo circonda e, grazie alla sua intelligenza matematica, vince una borsa di studio per l'università.

In this book, Wen-chin Ouyang shows how our experience of adab stories has the power to transform both our personal relationships and society. She draws on classic Arabic stories from the famous Thousand and One Nights and compares them with tales from the canonical Chinese novels Three Kingdoms, The Journey to the West, and Water Margin.

Kazim Ali is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work explores themes of identity, migration, and the intersections of cultural and spiritual traditions. His poetry is known for its lyrical and expressive language, as well as its exploration of themes such as love, loss, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. "Sukun" means serenity or calm, and a sukun is also a form of punctuation in Arabic orthography that denotes a pause over a consonant.

Kahlil Gibran was a master of capturing stories through poetic tales. He somehow managed to take a simple human thought or concept, and breathe life into it through his words in such a way that one cannot help but be instantly transported right into the midst of it. When you listen to Gibran’s poetry, you aren’t just listening to the words, you are listening to living breathing people; or at least it feels that way.

Embark on a soul-stirring journey into the heart of love with "Rumi Eternal Love Poems: Essential Verses Of Romance, Love And Compassion." This book invites you to immerse yourself in the timeless wisdom and profound beauty of Rumi's poetry, where every verse is a testament to the power of love and compassion. In this book, you'll discover a curated collection of Rumi's most essential love poems, carefully selected to capture the essence of romance, passion, and spiritual connection.

REPUBLIK DER VERRÜCKTEN ist ein Hörspiel von Oliver Kontny mit Musik von Marc Sinan aus der internationalen Reihe IRANIAN VOICES. Acht Sprecherinnen und Sprecher erzählen Geschichten zur Lage im Iran nach der Niederschlagung des Aufstandes. Dokumentarisches Material wird in das berühmte persische Liebesepos von Laila und Madjnun gewoben. Eine Sechzehnjährige, die ihren Vergewaltiger erschlägt. Ein schwer depressiver Student, der im Park einen Mann küsst. Ein Richter, der immer wieder Frauen zum Tode verurteilt. Eine Mutter, die sich für ihren schwulen Sohn einsetzt. Menschen, die nicht mehr mitmachen.