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JAPANESE MAPLE BEFORE WINTER
JAPANESE MAPLE BEFORE WINTER
From Conversation with a Stonemason by D H Melhem
By: D. H. Melhem on: Saturday 25 October 2003 - Genre: Poetry

  JAPANESE MAPLE BEFORE WINTER Bleeds its leaves in a circle. Four iron fan chairs backs turned attend a round slate table. Grass rake claws the stain. Minutes (or years) fall meas...

Time travellers
Time travellers
Ibrahim Fathi reviews Salwa Bakr's novel Bashmouri
By: Ibrahim Fathi on: Wednesday 1 October 2003 - Genre: Book Reviews

Ahram Weekly April 1999 Al-Bashmouri , Salwa Bakr Reviewed by Ibrahim Fathi     Salwa Bakr's latest novel raised a considerable controversy on its appearance, attacked by some of i...

Sufi Poetry
Sufi Poetry
By: Editor on: Monday 1 September 2003 - Genre: Poetry

"The very essence of Sufism is poetry, and the Eastern Mystics are never tired of expatiating on the 'Ishq or "love to God," which is the one distinguishing features of Sufi mystici...

A Conversation from the Third Floor
A Conversation from the Third Floor
short story by Mohamed Al Bisatie
By: Mohamed Elbisatie on: Friday 1 August 2003 - Genre: Stories

She came to the place for the second time. The policeman stared down at her from his horse. The time was afternoon. The yellow-coloured wall was stretched right along the road. Inside the wall was...

محمد البساطي في رواية فردوس: ترف المخيلة ووعي الكتابة
محمد البساطي في رواية فردوس: ترف المخيلة ووعي الكتابة
By: Editor on: Friday 1 August 2003 - Genre: Book Reviews

عرض فاطمة المحسن جريدة الرياض3 ابريل 2003 يعاود محمد البساطي في روايته الجديدة (فردوس) العمل علي شخصية المرأة المكتملة الجمال، المصنوعة من مادة التأملات الحسية والروحية، وكان قد بدأها في (ليال أخرى...

The Ibn Rushd (Averroes) page
The Ibn Rushd (Averroes) page
Averroes 1125 - 1198
By: Editor on: Tuesday 1 July 2003 - Genre: Biography

Averroes (1126-1198) Ibn Rushd (Averroes) is regarded by many as the foremost Islamic philosopher. Abu'l-Walid Ibn Rushd, better known as Averroes (1126-1198), stands out as a towering fig...

Averroes - The Great Muslim Philosopher
Averroes - The Great Muslim Philosopher
By: Habeeb Salloum on: Tuesday 1 July 2003 - Genre: Philosophy and Religion

Abû al-Walîd Muhammad Ibn Rushd, better known in the West as Averroës, but also in medieval times as Avén Ruiz and Averrhoes, was born in 1126 A.D. in Cordova, once the illus...

Voices from The Tent by Miral el-Tahawy
Voices from The Tent by Miral el-Tahawy
By: Editor on: Sunday 1 June 2003 - Genre: Book Reviews

Al-Ahram Weekly 6 - 12 August 1998 The Tent - novel by Miral el-Tahawy Reviewed by Nur Elmessiri Voices from Miral Al-Tahawy's The Tent:  "A house without a man is like an oasis...

Coming of age - Miral al-Tahawy's Blue Aubergine
Coming of age - Miral al-Tahawy's Blue Aubergine
By: Editor on: Sunday 1 June 2003 - Genre: Book Reviews

Cairo Times 24 - 30 OCTOBER 2002 The Blue Aubergine - novel by Miral el-Tahawy Reviewed by Richard Woffenden  Miral al-Tahawy's off-beat novel carries a mournful message  After...

ميرال الطحاوي ترصد حياة البداوة، وتكشف أزمة الإنسان المعاصر
ميرال الطحاوي ترصد حياة البداوة، وتكشف أزمة الإنسان المعاصر
رؤية شريف الشافعي في رواية نقرات الظباء لميرال الطحاوي
By: Sharif Elshafei on: Sunday 1 June 2003 - Genre: Book Reviews

جريدة الرياض - 13 يونيو 2002 شريف الشافعي تتناول الكاتبة الروائية المصرية "ميرال الطحاوي" في روايتها الجديدة "نقرات الظباء" التي صدرت في القاهرة عن "دار شرقيات" عال...

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