The Bibliography of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Poland (2004-2006).

On the 30th of August 2006 Naǧīb Maḥfūẓ died-a legend and symbol of modern Arabic literature, so far the only Noble Prize winner (1988) in that field. For decades he had enriched literature with new novels, short stories ...

By the eleventh century the community founded in the seventh century by the Prophet Muḥammad had split into several religious groups. The umma as a single, unified community, had become a political fiction. The Abbasid ...

Niniejszy artykuł ma za zadanie przybliżyć indonezyjską różnorodność, która przejawia się na wielu płaszczyznach, również w pojmowaniu i rozumieniu płci przez tamtejsze kultury. Najważniejsza grupa etniczna Sulawesi znana ...

Sprawozdanie z VII Festiwalu poezji arabskiej Al-Mirbad, który odbył się w Bagdadzie w dniach 23.11-01.12.1986 r.

This essay is a result of fieldwork carried out by me between April and August 2011 in various restaurants serving Arabic food in Warsaw. It is based on 30 in­depth interviews not only with the owners of venues, but also ...

Autor prezentuje tłumaczenie fragmentu Maǧma‘ dotyczącego nazw „dni Arabów”. Tekst obejmuje jedynie dni Arabów w okresie staroarabskim. Przekładu dokonano na podstawie: Al-Maydānī, Maǧma‘ al-amṯāl, Kair 1959, t. II, 430-444. ...

Odysseus had already abandoned his young and beautiful wife to begin dangerous travels. He was followed by hundreds of heroes of myths and legends who gave themselves up to the adventures far away from home. But they usually ...

The 8th century saw the emergence of a new literary genre: handbooks for princes and governors. By that time the Arab empire had expanded over a vast territory. A competent administration was necessary to govern the state. ...

The anonymous Arabic chivalrous romances (sīrats) belong to a large family of heroic epics common to most cultures. After several centuries of oral transmission during which their number considerably increased, they were ...