Al-Funun was an Arab-American journal that presented the works of most of the future members of the famous literary society al-Rabitah al-Qalamiyah (The Pen Bond: 1916, 1920-1931) between 1913-1918. Al-Funun was the creation of Nasib Aridah (1889-1946), who like Kahlil Gibran and Mikhail Naimy was intensely devoted to lifting from Arabic literature the sense of stagnation that had befallen it.

The Popular Arabic Literature of the Jews Arabic has been spoken by Jews since pre-Islamic times. They usually wrote it in Hebrew characters, with diacritic marks to represent the Arabic sounds which are missing in the Hebrew alphabet. Some works in the language have become classics, for example the Moreh Nebhukhim (Guide for the Perplexed) of Moses Maimonides. The medieval works were written in ...

Middle East Studies Internet Resources Mideast Studies Email: mideast @libraries.cul.columbia.edu Middle East Studies Internet Resources home WWW Virtual Library Department home Arabic Literature Adonis indicts Arabic poetry (Elie Chalala) Ahmad Matar: Shi'r siyasi | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Ahmad Shawqi: Siniyat Shawqi | Part 1 | Part 2 | Arabian Nights: Sir Richard Burton's translation ...