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 ...

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 ...

This essay focus on Al-Baṣīr’s life, obstacles he faced during his life and what means he had to become the most biggest writer of essays in Kuwait and Arabian Gulf.

Opowieść o sowach i krukach pochodzi ze słynnego zbioru bajek zwierzęcych Kalila i Dimna, reprezentujących typ literatury ‘zwierciadło dla władcy’ (Fürstenspiegel). O podstawie Kalili i Dimny - Pańczatantrze, sanskryckim ...

The general aim of this article is to shed some light on the functioning of the industry that was to satisfy the medieval Cairenes’ alimentative needs. As most of the Western travelers who visited Cairo between XIII and ...

The purpose of this paper is to shed some new light on the community of Abbasid court companions, their character and their writings. It seems that the study of that problem has been slightly neglected1, though their ...

First World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), University of Mainz, September 8-13, 2002.

Kuwait–History and the Present Time: a seminar to commemorate the 40th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Kuwait and Poland held at Szkoła Główna Handlowa (Main Buisness School) in Warsaw on the 16th ...

Contrary to what the Islamic prohibition of intoxicants might imply, the alcoholic beverages in medieval Cairo were not universally scorned. The attitude towards drinking depended on the time in history and the social ...

According to Bouthaina Shaaban, professor of literature at Damascus University, the story of Arab women novelists reflects, in many ways, the story of most women in different disciplines. It is the story of abundant ...