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  • Adonis - Features a biography, a poetry collection, and photos.
  • Ahmed Bouzafour - Dedicated to the Moroccan writer Ahmed Bouzafour featuring a biography, pictures and some of his works.
  • Ameen F. Rihani - A page dedicated to the Lebanese-American author and thinker. Site contains a biography, works in both English and Arabic, translations, tributes, and information on the Ameen Rihani Museum.
  • Arabian Nights - The story of King Shahryar and his brother, translated by Sir Richard Burton in 1850.
  • Arabic Literature - Hyperlinked overview of Arabic literature.
  • Arabic Literature - An overview, from the Cornell University Library.
  • Arabic Literature Seminar at the ACLA - Invites papers for a Seminar on Arabic literature at the annual convention of the American Comparative Literature Association to be held in April 2001.
  • Arabic Poetry - Provides English translations of poems by Amal Dunqul, Mahomoud Darwish, Khalil Gibran, and Nizar Qabbani.
  • India in the Arabic Literature - A study by M. S. Ashraf.
  • Jehat Al Sheear - A selection of Arabic poetry in both Arabic and English. The site also includes biographies of the poets.
  • Journal of Arabic Literature - Provides an international scholarly forum for the discussion of Arabic literature. The site gives information about featured articles and subscription details.
  • Medieval Sourcebook: Selections from the Poets of Arabia - A selection of Classic poems.
  • Nihad Sirees - Novelist and Screenwriter from Syria - Information, brief biography and select listing of works.
  • Ode of Tarafah - An English translation of one of the seven mu'allaqat, translated by A. J. Arberry.
  • Taha Hussein - Features a detailed biography of his life and works, and a photo album.
  • The Arabian Nights - An illustrated text.
  • The Arabic Christian Literature - An article by Dr. George Khoury about the contribution of the Melkites, the Jacobites, the Nestorians, the Copts and the Maronites to the Arab Christian heritage.
  • The Book of a Thousand and One Nights - Features information about the history of the work and its tales.
  • The Legend of Layla and Madjnun - The story and origin of one of the most popular legends of the Middle East.
  • The Role of Women in Arabic Literature - An article by Mona Mikhailis.

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