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Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani
Abu Bakr Abd al-Qāhir bin Abd ar-Rahman bin Muhammad al-Jurjānī (400 – 471 or 474 A.H.) (died 1078 AD) was a renowned Persian scholar of the Arabic language, literary theorist, grammarian and Sh...
Abu Bakr Abd al-Qāhir bin Abd ar-Rahman bin Muhammad al-Jurjānī (400 – 471 or 474 A.H.) (died 1078 AD) was a renowned Persian scholar of the Arabic language, literary theorist, grammarian and Sh...
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
Abou-Al-kacem El-chebbi (أبو القاسم الشابي, pronounced Abo Al Qassim Al Shabbi) (* 24.
Abou-Al-kacem El-chebbi (أبو القاسم الشابي, pronounced Abo Al Qassim Al Shabbi) (* 24.
Ahmad al-Qalqashandi
Shihab al-Din abu 'l-Abbas Ahmad ben Ali ben Ahmad Abd Allah al-Qalqashandi (1355 or 1356 – 1418) was a medieval Egyptian writer and mathematician born in a village in the Nile Delta.
Shihab al-Din abu 'l-Abbas Ahmad ben Ali ben Ahmad Abd Allah al-Qalqashandi (1355 or 1356 – 1418) was a medieval Egyptian writer and mathematician born in a village in the Nile Delta.
Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi
Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi (أحمد عبد المعطي حجازي) (born in 1935 in Al-Menoufiya, Egypt) is an Egyptian contemporary poet.
Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi (أحمد عبد المعطي حجازي) (born in 1935 in Al-Menoufiya, Egypt) is an Egyptian contemporary poet.
Al-Khansa
Tumāḍir bint ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥarth ibn al-Sharīd al-Sulamīyah, usually simply referred to as al-Khansā’ was a 7th-century Arabic poet.
Tumāḍir bint ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥarth ibn al-Sharīd al-Sulamīyah, usually simply referred to as al-Khansā’ was a 7th-century Arabic poet.
Ali Bader
Ali Bader (Arabic: علي بدر, Alī Bader, 1974) is an award winning Arabic novelist and a Film producer, author of eleven works of fiction, and several works of non-fiction, he has also worked as ...
Ali Bader (Arabic: علي بدر, Alī Bader, 1974) is an award winning Arabic novelist and a Film producer, author of eleven works of fiction, and several works of non-fiction, he has also worked as ...
Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami
Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (died 1106) was a Damascene jurist and philologist who was the first to preach jihad against the crusaders in the aftermath of the First Crusade.
Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (died 1106) was a Damascene jurist and philologist who was the first to preach jihad against the crusaders in the aftermath of the First Crusade.
Alifa Rifaat
Alifa Rifaat’s husband passed away in 1979.
Alifa Rifaat’s husband passed away in 1979.
Anselm Turmeda
Anselm Turmeda or Abd-Allah at-Tarjuman was a Majorcan writer born in Palma in 1355 and died in Tunis in 1423.
Anselm Turmeda or Abd-Allah at-Tarjuman was a Majorcan writer born in Palma in 1355 and died in Tunis in 1423.
Anton Shammas
Anton Shammas, born in Fassuta, an Israeli-Arab Palestinian Christian village in the Galilee, Northern Israel, is an essayist, writer of fiction and poetry and translator.
Anton Shammas, born in Fassuta, an Israeli-Arab Palestinian Christian village in the Galilee, Northern Israel, is an essayist, writer of fiction and poetry and translator.
Assia Djebar
Assia Djebar (آسيا جبار) is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (born 30 June 1936), an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker.
Assia Djebar (آسيا جبار) is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (born 30 June 1936), an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker.
Awn Alsharif Qasim
Awn Al-Sharif Qasim ( عون الشريف قاسم ) (June 16, 1933 – January 19, 2006) - * website - was a prolific Sudanese writer, encyclopedist, a prominent scholar, a powerful community leader, a ...
Awn Al-Sharif Qasim ( عون الشريف قاسم ) (June 16, 1933 – January 19, 2006) - * website - was a prolific Sudanese writer, encyclopedist, a prominent scholar, a powerful community leader, a ...
Bashar Abdulah
Bashar Abdulah الشاعر بشارعبدالله Mosul Iraq, a Najii Nauman Prize winning Iraqi post-modernist poet, novelist and translator.
Bashar Abdulah الشاعر بشارعبدالله Mosul Iraq, a Najii Nauman Prize winning Iraqi post-modernist poet, novelist and translator.
Farrah Sarafa
Farrah Sarafa is an American poet, editor, translator and professor based in Manhattan.
Farrah Sarafa is an American poet, editor, translator and professor based in Manhattan.
Fatima Gallaire
Fatima Gallaire is a Franco-Algerian playwright and short stories author, who writes in French.
Fatima Gallaire is a Franco-Algerian playwright and short stories author, who writes in French.
Gamal El-Ghitani
Gamal el-Ghitani, (Arabic: جمال الغيطاني) (born May 9, 1945) is an Egyptian author of historical novels and cultural and political commentaries and is the current editor-in-chief of the litera...
Gamal el-Ghitani, (Arabic: جمال الغيطاني) (born May 9, 1945) is an Egyptian author of historical novels and cultural and political commentaries and is the current editor-in-chief of the litera...
Ghada al-Samman
Ghada al-Samman (غادة السمّان) is an Arab Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus in 1942 to a prominent and conservative Damascene family, she is remotely related to Nizar Qabba...
Ghada al-Samman (غادة السمّان) is an Arab Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus in 1942 to a prominent and conservative Damascene family, she is remotely related to Nizar Qabba...
Gisèle Halimi
Gisèle Halimi, born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb in 1927, is a French-Tunisian lawyer, feminist activist, and essayist.
Gisèle Halimi, born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb in 1927, is a French-Tunisian lawyer, feminist activist, and essayist.
Haidar Haidar
Haidar Haidar (حيدر حيدر) is a Syrian writer and novelist.
Haidar Haidar (حيدر حيدر) is a Syrian writer and novelist.
Haifa Zangana
Haifa Zangana (born 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi novelist, author, artist, and political activist.
Haifa Zangana (born 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi novelist, author, artist, and political activist.
Hamza Bogary
Hamza Mohammad Bogary or Boqari (حمزة محمد بوقري) (1932-1984) was an Arabic author from Mecca who also worked in broadcasting, becoming Director General of Broadcasting; from 1965 to 1967,...
Hamza Mohammad Bogary or Boqari (حمزة محمد بوقري) (1932-1984) was an Arabic author from Mecca who also worked in broadcasting, becoming Director General of Broadcasting; from 1965 to 1967,...
Hanna Al-Fakhoury
Hanna Al-Fakhoury (حنا الفاخوري, Ḥānna Al-Faḫūry ) (1916) is a Lebanese Christian father, philosopher and an Arabic linguistic born in Zahlé, the place where his family moved from th...
Hanna Al-Fakhoury (حنا الفاخوري, Ḥānna Al-Faḫūry ) (1916) is a Lebanese Christian father, philosopher and an Arabic linguistic born in Zahlé, the place where his family moved from th...
Ibn al-Nafis
Ala al-Din Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi (علاء الدين أبو الحسن عليّ بن أبي حزم القرشي الدمشقي) (born 1213), commonly known as Ibn al-Nafis (ابن النفيس), was an Arab...
Ala al-Din Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi (علاء الدين أبو الحسن عليّ بن أبي حزم القرشي الدمشقي) (born 1213), commonly known as Ibn al-Nafis (ابن النفيس), was an Arab...
Ibn Athir
Ibn Athīr is the family name of three brothers, all famous in Arabian literature, born at Jazīrat ibn Umar in Cizre nowadays in south-eastern Turkey.
Ibn Athīr is the family name of three brothers, all famous in Arabian literature, born at Jazīrat ibn Umar in Cizre nowadays in south-eastern Turkey.
Ibn Qutaybah
Ibn Qutaybah was a renowned Islamic scholar of Kurdish or Persian origin.
Ibn Qutaybah was a renowned Islamic scholar of Kurdish or Persian origin.
Ibrahim Al-Yazigi
Ibrahim Al-Yazigi (Arabic ابراهيم اليازجي, DMG Ibrahim al-Yāziǧī; * 1847; † 1906) was a Lebanese philologist, poet and journalist.
Ibrahim Al-Yazigi (Arabic ابراهيم اليازجي, DMG Ibrahim al-Yāziǧī; * 1847; † 1906) was a Lebanese philologist, poet and journalist.
Ibrahim al-Yaziji
Ibrahim al-Yaziji was a Lebanese philologist, poet and journalist.
Ibrahim al-Yaziji was a Lebanese philologist, poet and journalist.
Ibrahim ibn ar-Raqiq
Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn al-Qāsim ar-Raqīq al-Qayrawānī (أبو إسحاق ابراهيم ابن القاسم الرقيق القيرواني) known as Ibn ar-Raqīq or even just as ar-Raqīq, 11th century courtier and author (d.
Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn al-Qāsim ar-Raqīq al-Qayrawānī (أبو إسحاق ابراهيم ابن القاسم الرقيق القيرواني) known as Ibn ar-Raqīq or even just as ar-Raqīq, 11th century courtier and author (d.
Ihsan Abdel Quddous
Ihsan Abdel Quddous was an Egyptian writer, novelist, and journalist and editor in the Al Akhbar and Al-Ahram newspapers.
Ihsan Abdel Quddous was an Egyptian writer, novelist, and journalist and editor in the Al Akhbar and Al-Ahram newspapers.
Kamel Riahi
Kamel Riahi, is a Tunisian writer.
Kamel Riahi, is a Tunisian writer.
Khalil Mutran
Khalil Mutran (خليل مطران) (July 1, 1872—June 1, 1949), also known by the sobriquet Sha’ir al Qutrayn (شاعر القطرين) (the poet of the two countries) was a noted Arabic poet and journalist.
Khalil Mutran (خليل مطران) (July 1, 1872—June 1, 1949), also known by the sobriquet Sha’ir al Qutrayn (شاعر القطرين) (the poet of the two countries) was a noted Arabic poet and journalist.
Layla al-Akhyaliyya
Layla Bint Abullah Bin Shaddad Bin Ka’b Al Akheeliyya, or simply Layla Al Akheeliyya (Ar. ليلى الأخيليّة) was a famous seventh century Arab poet who was renowned for her poetry, eloquence,...
Layla Bint Abullah Bin Shaddad Bin Ka’b Al Akheeliyya, or simply Layla Al Akheeliyya (Ar. ليلى الأخيليّة) was a famous seventh century Arab poet who was renowned for her poetry, eloquence,...
Leila Abouzeid
Leila Abouzeid (ليلة أبو زيد) (born 1950, El Ksiba) is a Moroccan author.
Leila Abouzeid (ليلة أبو زيد) (born 1950, El Ksiba) is a Moroccan author.
Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker
Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker, Abu Fahr (Arabic:محمد محمود شاكر، أبو فهر), Egyptian writer, poet journalist and scholar of the Arabic language and Islamic culture heritage.
Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker, Abu Fahr (Arabic:محمد محمود شاكر، أبو فهر), Egyptian writer, poet journalist and scholar of the Arabic language and Islamic culture heritage.
Mohamed Ghozzi
Mohamed Ghozzi, born on the 24th February 1949 in Kairouan, is a Tunisian poet and critic, known for his poems with rich allusions for soufism and childhood.
Mohamed Ghozzi, born on the 24th February 1949 in Kairouan, is a Tunisian poet and critic, known for his poems with rich allusions for soufism and childhood.
Muhammad Aladdin
Muhammad Aladdin, also known as Alaa Eddin (Arabic:محمـد علاء الديـن) is an Egyptian novelist, short story writer, and script writer.
Muhammad Aladdin, also known as Alaa Eddin (Arabic:محمـد علاء الديـن) is an Egyptian novelist, short story writer, and script writer.
Muhammad Loutfi Goumah
Muhammad Loutfi Goumah (محمد لطفي جمعة muħammæd lūtfi ǧomʿa; also spelled Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa or Muhammed Lotfy Jouma' ) (January 18, 1886 Alexandria - June 15, 1953 Cairo), is an Egyptian...
Muhammad Loutfi Goumah (محمد لطفي جمعة muħammæd lūtfi ǧomʿa; also spelled Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa or Muhammed Lotfy Jouma' ) (January 18, 1886 Alexandria - June 15, 1953 Cairo), is an Egyptian...
Muhammed Taib
Muhammed Saeed Taib (محمد سعيد طيب, ) (born 1939) is a Saudi Arabian political activist, lawyer, writer, and one of the most prominent liberals in the country.
Muhammed Saeed Taib (محمد سعيد طيب, ) (born 1939) is a Saudi Arabian political activist, lawyer, writer, and one of the most prominent liberals in the country.
Nabil Lahlou
Nabil Lahlou (born 1945 in Fes, Morocco) is a Moroccan theater director, author and actor, known for being an innovative theater and film director, and is considered one of the most influential ...
Nabil Lahlou (born 1945 in Fes, Morocco) is a Moroccan theater director, author and actor, known for being an innovative theater and film director, and is considered one of the most influential ...
Nadia Chafik
Nadia Chafik (born 1962 in Casablanca) is a Morrocan novelist.
Nadia Chafik (born 1962 in Casablanca) is a Morrocan novelist.
Nasif Al-Yaziji
Nasif al-Yaziji (March 25th, 1800 - February 8th, 1871) was a Lebanese author and father of Ibrahim Al-Yaziji.
Nasif al-Yaziji (March 25th, 1800 - February 8th, 1871) was a Lebanese author and father of Ibrahim Al-Yaziji.
Nasif al-Yaziji
Nasif al-Yaziji was a Lebanese author and father of Ibrahim al-Yaziji.
Nasif al-Yaziji was a Lebanese author and father of Ibrahim al-Yaziji.
Nathalie Handal
Nathalie Handal (نتالي حنظل) is a French-American poet and playwright of Palestinian descent.
Nathalie Handal (نتالي حنظل) is a French-American poet and playwright of Palestinian descent.
Omar Abu-Riche
Omar Abu-Riche (عمر أبو ريشة) (10 April 1910 – 15 July 1990) was an influential Syrian poet known for his pioneering works.
Omar Abu-Riche (عمر أبو ريشة) (10 April 1910 – 15 July 1990) was an influential Syrian poet known for his pioneering works.
Omar Taher
Omar Taher (عمر طاهر) (born in 1973 in Sohag) is an Egyptian journalist.
Omar Taher (عمر طاهر) (born in 1973 in Sohag) is an Egyptian journalist.
Osama Alomar
Osama Alomar is a Syrian short story writer poet and essayist.
Osama Alomar is a Syrian short story writer poet and essayist.
Ra'ouf Mus'ad
Ra’ouf Mus'ad is a playwright, journalist and novelist who was born in Sudan to Egyptian Coptic parents.
Ra’ouf Mus'ad is a playwright, journalist and novelist who was born in Sudan to Egyptian Coptic parents.
Raouf Salama Moussa
Dr Raouf Salama Moussa (1929–2006, Arabic: رؤوف سلامة موسى) was a notable Egyptian bacteriologist and editor.
Dr Raouf Salama Moussa (1929–2006, Arabic: رؤوف سلامة موسى) was a notable Egyptian bacteriologist and editor.
Riadh Sidaoui
Riadh Sidaoui, born in Bou Hajla, he is a Tunisian writer and political scientist who have the swiss nationality.
Riadh Sidaoui, born in Bou Hajla, he is a Tunisian writer and political scientist who have the swiss nationality.
Safa Khulusi
Safa Abdul-Aziz Khulusi (1917–1995) was an Iraqi historian, novelist, poet, journalist and broadcaster.
Safa Abdul-Aziz Khulusi (1917–1995) was an Iraqi historian, novelist, poet, journalist and broadcaster.
Salama Moussa
Salama Moussa Born into a wealthy, land owning Coptic family in the town of Zagazig located in the Nile delta.
Salama Moussa Born into a wealthy, land owning Coptic family in the town of Zagazig located in the Nile delta.
Samar Samir Mezghanni
Samar Samir Mezghanni (Arabic: سمر سمير المزغني) is young Tunisian female writer and activist.
Samar Samir Mezghanni (Arabic: سمر سمير المزغني) is young Tunisian female writer and activist.
Samir Naqqash
Samir Naqqash (b. Baghdad 1938, d. Petah Tikva 6 July 2004) was an Iraqi Jewish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright who immigrated to Israel.
Samir Naqqash (b. Baghdad 1938, d. Petah Tikva 6 July 2004) was an Iraqi Jewish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright who immigrated to Israel.
Sayyid Al-Qemany
Sayyid Al-Qemany (سيد محمد القمني) is an Egyptian writer and thinker.
Sayyid Al-Qemany (سيد محمد القمني) is an Egyptian writer and thinker.
Siham Benchekroun
Siham Benchekroun is a Moroccan novelist and poet.
Siham Benchekroun is a Moroccan novelist and poet.
Suleiman Mousa
Suleiman Mousa (سليمان الموسى) (11 June 1919 - 9 June 2008) was a Jordanian author and historian born in Al-Rafeed, a small village north of the city of Irbid.
Suleiman Mousa (سليمان الموسى) (11 June 1919 - 9 June 2008) was a Jordanian author and historian born in Al-Rafeed, a small village north of the city of Irbid.
Taha Hussein
Dr. Taha Hussein was one of the most influential 20th century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab World.
Dr. Taha Hussein was one of the most influential 20th century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab World.
Tahir Wattar
Tahir Wattar was an Algerian writer.
Tahir Wattar was an Algerian writer.
Ulfat Idilbi
Ulfat Idilbi (ألفت الادلبي ') (November 1912, Damascus – 21 March 2007, Paris) was one of the most beloved Syrian novel writers.
Ulfat Idilbi (ألفت الادلبي ') (November 1912, Damascus – 21 March 2007, Paris) was one of the most beloved Syrian novel writers.
Ya'qub Bilbul
Ya'qub Bilbul was an Iraqi Jewish writer.
Ya'qub Bilbul was an Iraqi Jewish writer.
Yousef Ghawanmeh
Yousef Darwish Ghawanmeh, also written Yousef Ghawanmeh, is a prominent Jordanian historian, anthropologist, professor and author.
Yousef Darwish Ghawanmeh, also written Yousef Ghawanmeh, is a prominent Jordanian historian, anthropologist, professor and author.
Zakaria Tamer
Zakaria Tamer (زكريا تامر), also transliterated Zakariya Tamir (strict transliteration Zakaria Tamer), (born January 2, 1931 in Damascus, Syria) is an influential master of the Arabi...
Zakaria Tamer (زكريا تامر), also transliterated Zakariya Tamir (strict transliteration Zakaria Tamer), (born January 2, 1931 in Damascus, Syria) is an influential master of the Arabi...