Kalemat

A collection of Arab anecdotes drawn from more than 60 volumes of major works of Arabic literature and gathered into three parts.

"Now, Nabd, the moment seems right for my first betrayal of you: at last I have decided to write you. Some women are betrayed when we write about them; turning...

A collection of Arab anecdotes drawn from more than 60 volumes of major works of Arabic literature and gathered into three parts.

"After the prophets comes Abu Bakr; after Abu Bakr come the rest of humanity. He stands in a category of his own, just below the prophets and far above other...

"He made light of his people, and they obeyed him." Such is a pattern in the world: where there are fools, tyrants can be found. The person who placed a...

A collection of Arab anecdotes drawn from more than 60 volumes of major works of Arabic literature and gathered into three parts.

"When he grew up, he asked his mother, 'Why didn't you give me a brother to lean on when I am tired?' She replied, 'It is time I told you...

"From pre-Islamic literature to the present, writing has explored pride, satire, praise, mourning, love and wine. The space given to each theme has expanded or contracted with its age and...

"The greatest lesson from history is that Allah may allow falsehood to rise because a terrible fall awaits it, while truth grows slowly so that it may stand firm. The...

From the book's historical excerpt; the elapsed time and population figures below reflect its original wording. Following the Prophetic Way "1,442 years ago, Makkah became too constricting for him, and...

Nutfah "I loved you to the point of ruin, like a butterfly casting itself into a flame, so captivated that it never considers what will follow. I wanted to throw...

Messages from the Successors Adham Sharqawi imaginatively reconstructs messages and conversations involving members of the generation after the Companions, drawing on their wisdom and lessons. Each message explores an idea,...

"An old woman's stories, written by her unlettered lips in the notebook of my memory: I grew up with them and through them. I hesitated for a long time before...