List of Muslim writers and poets
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- Aamer HusseinAamer HusseinAamer Hussein is a Pakistani short story writer and critic.-Early life and education:He grew up in Karachi, where he attended Lady Jennings School and the Convent of Jesus and Mary. He spent most summers with his mother's family in India. He studied in Ootacamund, South India, for two years before...
- Abbas el-Akkad
- Abdul Rahman MunifAbdul Rahman MunifAbdul Rahman Munif is one of the most important Arabic novelists of the 20th century.He is most noted for closely reflecting the political surroundings of his day.-Life:...
- Abdulah SidranAbdulah SidranAbdulah Sidran , often referred to by his nickname Avdo, is a Bosnian writer and poet who is renowned for his screenplays and dramas.-Works:...
- Abul Ala MaududiAbul Ala MaududiSyed Abul A'ala Maududi , also known as Molana or Shaikh Syed Abul A'ala Mawdudi, was a Sunni Pakistani journalist, theologian, Muslim revivalist leader and political philosopher, and a major 20th century Islamist thinker. He was also a prominent political figure in Pakistan and was the first...
(Maulana Maududi) - Abu'l Hasan Mihyar al-DaylamiAbu'l Hasan Mihyar al-DaylamiAbu'l Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami was a Persian poet from Daylam during the Buyid period. Mihyar's poetry was dominated by metaphor, and he wrote in various poetic genres including ghazal, as well as writing elegies on Ali and Husayn ibn Ali....
- Abul Kalam Azad
- Abu NuwasAbu NuwasAbu-Nuwas al-Hasan ben Hani Al-Hakami ,a known as Abū-Nuwās , was one of the greatest of classical Arabic poets, who also composed in Persian on occasion. Born in the city of Ahvaz in Persia, of an Arab father and a Persian mother, he became a master of all the contemporary genres of Arabic poetry...
- Abu TammamAbu TammamAbu Tammam was an Abbasid era Arab poet and Muslim convert born to Christian parents.- Biography :...
- Adnan OktarAdnan OktarAdnan Oktar , also known as Harun Yahya, is an author and Islamic creationist. In 2007, he sent thousands of unsolicited copies of the Atlas of Creation advocating Islamic creationism to American scientists, members of Congress, and science museums...
- Ahmad KuttyAhmad Kutty-Biography:Kutty was born in the Indian state of Kerala in 1946. He arrived in Canada in the 1970s as a student and has since obtained Canadian citizenship....
- Ahmad Ibn ArabshahAhmad ibn ArabshahAbu Muhammad Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Ibrahim or known as Muhammad ibn Arabshah ,, was a writer and traveller who lived under the reign of Timur ....
- Akbar S. AhmedAkbar S. AhmedAkbar Salahuddin Ahmed, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, or Akbar Ahmed, is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington, D.C., the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the...
- Akhtaruzzaman Elias
- Al-Hallaj
- Al-JahizAl-JahizAl-Jāḥiẓ was an Arabic prose writer and author of works of literature, Mu'tazili theology, and politico-religious polemics.In biology, Al-Jahiz introduced the concept of food chains and also proposed a scheme of animal evolution that entailed...
- Allama Iqbal
- Anar RzayevAnar RzayevAnar Rasul oghlu Rzayev , known as Anar , is Azerbaijani writer and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan. Anar is primarily novel and short-story writer, although in the past he also authored screenplays and acted in a film.-Early years:Anar was born to the family of Azerbaijani poets...
- Asma Gull HasanAsma Gull HasanAsma Gull Hasan is a Pakistani-American award-winning writer. Her work includes the book Red, White, and Muslim, a biographical view of growing up as an American Muslim...
- Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh
- Bilkisu FuntuwaBilkisu FuntuwaHajiya Bilkisu Salisu Ahmed Funtuwa is a Nigerian author. She writes novels in Hausa which focus on female Muslim protagonists. She is one of the best known writers of what is known as "Kano market literature" or Littattafan Soyayya — "books of love"...
- Brother DashBrother DashBrother Dash is an American Muslim spoken word artist, essayist and photographer.-Career:...
- Dawud Wharnsby
- Daniel Moore
- Fareed ZakariaFareed ZakariaFareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian-American journalist and author. From 2000 to 2010, he was a columnist for Newsweek and editor of Newsweek International. In 2010 he became Editor-At-Large of Time magazine...
- Faisal KuttyFaisal KuttyFaisal Kutty is a Canadian lawyer, writer and human rights activist. He is a law professor and widely quoted commentator and public intellectual. He is the son of Islamic scholar Shaikh Ahmad Kutty.-Education:...
- Fatima Mernissi
- Ghulam Ahmed Parvez, Lahore, Pakistan http://www.tolueislam.com/Parwez/parwez.htm
- Ghulam Mustafa KhanGhulam Mustafa KhanProf. Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, PhD, D.Litt, SI, was a researcher, critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to Naqshbandi order of Sufism...
- Hafiz
- Hakim Bey
- Hashim Amir AliHashim Amir AliAli, Dr. Hashim Amir , was born in 1903, son of Ahmed Ali Khan [?], a native of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, capital of what was the premier princely state in the center of India. He was brought up in the palace of Salar Jung...
, Hyderabad, India - Hasanuddin Ahmed, Hyderabad, India http://www.irtipms.org/Hasanuddin%20Ahmad_E.asp
- Humayun AhmedHumayun AhmedHumayun Ahmed is a Bangladeshi author, dramatist and director of film and television. He broke through since the publication of his first novel, Nandita Naraké...
- Humayun KabirHumayun KabirHumayun Zahiruddin Amir-i Kabir or Humayun Kabir was an Indian educationist, politician, writer and philosopher.-Ancestry and early life:...
- Huseyn JavidHuseyn JavidHuseyn Javid , born Huseyn Abdulla oglu Rasizadeh , other spellings "," was a prominent Azerbaijani poet and playwright of the early 20th century...
- Ibn al-Nafis
- Imtiaz DharkerImtiaz DharkerImtiaz Dharker is a Scottish Muslim, poet, artist and documentary film-maker.- Family and background:She was born in Lahore to Pakistani parents. She was brought up in Glasgow where her family moved when she was less than a year old...
- Irving KarchmarIrving KarchmarIrving Karchmar is the son of Holocaust survivors who became a darvish of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order in 1992. He has been a writer, editor, publisher and poet for many years. He has an M.A. in Philosophy from DePaul University in Chicago, and has worked on such varied magazines as Hustler and the...
- Jafar JabbarlyJafar JabbarlyJafar Gafar oglu Jabbarly, often spelled Jabbarli was an Azerbaijani playwright, poet, director and screenwriter.-Literature and theatre:...
- Jalaluddin UmriJalaluddin UmriSyed Jalaluddin Umri Syed Jalaluddin Umri Syed Jalaluddin Umri (Urdu: السيّد جلال الدین عمری Arabic: سيّد جلال الدین العمری(Born in 1935) is the present Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind...
- Joe FlizzowJoe FlizzowJohan bin Ishak , better known by his stage name Joe Flizzow, is an award-winning Malaysian hip hop artist and businessman. He is one half of the internationally renowned Malaysian hip hop duo, Too Phat - the most successful hip hop act to ever emerge from Malaysia...
- KabirKabirKabīr was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement...
- Kan ChunKan ChunKan Chun was a Burmese satirist, journalist, novelist, cartoonist and painter from Mandalay, Burma . He was a prolific cartoonist and writer; he published 73 books. He died in August 2009 of cancer.-Early life:...
, also known as Mohamad Omar - Kazi Nazrul IslamKazi Nazrul IslamKazi Nazrul Islam , sobriquet Bidrohi Kobi, was a Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary who pioneered poetic works espousing intense spiritual rebellion against fascism and oppression. His poetry and nationalist activism earned him the popular title of Bidrohi Kobi...
- Khaled HosseiniKhaled HosseiniKhaled Hosseini , is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician of ethnic Tajik origin. He is a citizen of the United States where he has lived since he was fifteen years old. His 2003 debut novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, selling more than 12 million copies worldwide....
- Khurram MuradKhurram MuradKhurram Murad or Khurram Jah Murad an Islamic scholar occupies a place of distinction in the intellectual firmament of contemporary Islam. A thinker and a prolific writer, he has been one of the architects of current Islamic resurgence. While his da'wah activities began in Pakistan, he has been...
- Khurshidbanu Natavan
- Kyar Ba NyeinKyar Ba Nyein"Kyar" Ba Nyein was the Burmese boxer who participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics boxing and was a pioneer in modernizing the Lethwei, or Burmese traditional boxing. Ba Nyein started boxing at the age of 13, and fought about 50 matches in 20 years until retiring from fighting at the age of 33....
- Jamilah KolocotronisJamilah KolocotronisLinda "Jamilah" Kolocotronis is an American Muslim writer and former educator in American Islamic schools. A convert to Islam, she has published several Islamic fiction novels as well as her doctoral dissertation. Kolocotronis changed her first name to Jamilah when she became Muslim in 1980 and...
- Mahmoud DarwishMahmoud DarwishMahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet...
- Mak DizdarMak DizdarMehmedalija "Mak" Dizdar was one of the greatest Bosnian and Yugoslav poets of the second half of the 20th century.-Biography:...
- Malique Ibrahim
- Marmaduke PickthallMarmaduke PickthallMarmaduke Pickthall was a Western Islamic scholar, noted as an English translator of the Qur'an into English. A convert from Christianity, Pickthall was a novelist, esteemed by D. H. Lawrence, H. G. Wells, and E. M. Forster, as well as a journalist, headmaster, and political and religious leader...
- Martin LingsMartin LingsMartin Lings was an English Muslim writer and scholar, a student and follower of Frithjof Schuon, and Shakespearean scholar...
- Maryam SullivanMaryam SullivanMaryam “Umm Juwayriyah” Sullivan is an American Muslim poet, novelist, playwright, journalist and performance artist. Sullivan’s novel The Size of a Mustard Seed is the first published Islamic Urban fiction title.-Life:...
- Maung Thaw KaMaung Thaw KaMaung Thaw Ka was the pen name of retired Major Ba Thaw . He was a satirist, popular speaker and Central Executive Committee member of the NLD, National League for Democracy of Burma.- Early life :...
- Mawlana FaizaniMawlana FaizaniMawlana Faizani was born 17 April 1923 in Herat, Afghanistan to a family of miagan...
- Meša SelimovićMeša SelimovicMehmed "Meša" Selimović was a Yugoslav writer. His novel Death and the Dervish is one of the most important literary works in post-war Yugoslavia. Some of the main themes in his works are relations between individual and authority, life and death, and other existential problems...
- Michael WolfeMichael WolfeMichael Wolfe is an American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of . He is also a frequent lecturer on Islamic issues at universities across the United States including Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford, SUNY Buffalo, and Princeton...
- Minyoon Shah Inat (Nasarpur, Sindh, Pakistan)
- Mir Mosharraf HossainMir Mosharraf HossainMir Mosharraf Hossain was a Bengali language novelist, playwright and essayist in 19th century Bengal. He is principally known for his famous novel Bishad Sindhu...
- Mirza Abul FazlMirza Abul FazlAbul Fazl, Mirza , , was a native of Allahabad, India. Among the contemporary Muslim scholars Dr Mirza Abul Fazl, learned in Arabic and Sanskrit, was a pioneer who took interest in the study of the chronological order of the Qur`an and invited the attention of Muslim scholars towards its...
, Allahabad, India - Mirza Fatali AkhundovMirza Fatali AkhundovMirza Fatali Akhundov , former – Akhundzade , was a celebrated Azerbaijani author, playwright, philosopher, and founder of modern literary criticism, "who acquired fame primarily as the writer of European-inspired plays in the Azeri language"...
- Mirza Alakbar SabirMirza Alakbar SabirMirza Alakbar Sabir , born Alakbar Zeynalabdin oglu Tahirzadeh . Sabir was a public figure, philosopher, teacher and a poet-innovator. He set up an inspiring attitude to classical traditions, rejecting well-trodden ways in poetry...
- Morteza Motahari
- Mohammed Mozammel HaqueMd.Mozammel HaqueMohammed Mozammel Haque was one of the greatest poets in Bengal. He was also a journalist by profession. He was born at Santipur/Shantipurশান্তিপুর, in the district of Nadia, West Bengal, India. His father’s name was Nasiruddin Ahmed...
,West Bengal India (1860-1933) - Md.Azizul Haque
- Muhammad AsadMuhammad AsadMuhammad Asad , was an Austrian Polish Jew who converted to Islam, and a 20th century journalist, traveler, writer, social critic, linguist, thinker, reformer, diplomat, political theorist, translator and scholar...
(Leopold Weiss) - Muhammed Fethullah Gulen
- Murad Wilfred Hofmann
- Musa Ćazim ĆatićMusa Cazim CaticMusa Ćazim Ćatić was a Bosnian Muslim poet of Croat orientation. He is currently featured on the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 50 km note ....
- Naim FrashëriNaim FrashëriNaim Frashëri was an Albanian poet and writer. He was one of the most prominent figures of the Albanian National Awakening of the 19th century, together with his two brothers Sami and Abdyl...
- Naguib MahfouzNaguib MahfouzNaguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism. He published over 50 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie...
(Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
, 1988) - Nezami Aruzi
- Nilima IbrahimNilima IbrahimNilima Ibrahim was an Indian, East Pakistani, and later Bangladeshi educationist, littérateur and social worker. She is well known for her outstanding scholarship on Bangla literature but even more so for her depiction of raped and tortured women in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War in her book...
- Nizami Ganjavi
- Omar KhayyámOmar KhayyámOmar Khayyám was aPersian polymath: philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, music, climatology and theology....
- Orhan PamukOrhan PamukFerit Orhan Pamuk , generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Turkish novelist. He is also the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches comparative literature and writing....
(Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
, 2006) - Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
- Rumi
- Riaz Ahmed Gohar ShahiRiaz Ahmed Gohar ShahiRiaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi is a spiritual leader, founder of the spiritual movements RAGS International and Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam ....
- Sa'adiSaadi (poet)Abū-Muḥammad Muṣliḥ al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī better known by his pen-name as Saʿdī or, simply, Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but he has also been quoted in western sources...
- Saffarzadeh, TaherehTahereh SaffarzadehTahereh Saffarzadeh was an Iranian poet, writer, translator and prominent university professor.-Studies:She received her BA in English language and literature in 1960. Several years later she left Iran for England and then to the United States. Upon being accepted as a member of International...
- Safvet-beg Bašagić
- Shah Abdul Latif BhittaiShah Abdul Latif BhittaiShah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, poet, and musician. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the Sindhi language...
(SindhSindhSindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
, PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
) - Shaikh AyazShaikh AyazShaikh Ayaz was one of the great Sindhi poets of Pakistan. He was born in Shikarpur Sindh. By profession he was a lawyer but he also served as the vice chancellor of Sindh University. His poetry brought new trends into Sindhi literature....
(Sindh, Pakistan) - Sir Muhammad IqbalMuhammad IqbalSir Muhammad Iqbal , commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal , was a poet and philosopher born in Sialkot, then in the Punjab Province of British India, now in Pakistan...
- Soheib BencheikhSoheib BencheikhSoheib Bencheikh is an Islamic religious leader and author and would-be French politician.Bencheikh graduated in Islamic theology at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, and at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. He holds a doctorate in Religious Sciences from the Ecole Pratique des Hautes...
- Stephen SchwartzStephen Schwartz (journalist)Stephen Suleyman Schwartz is an American Muslimjournalist, columnist, and author. He has been published in a variety of media, including The Wall Street Journal. He is the executive director of the Center for Islamic Pluralism...
- Sultan Bahoo (Sufi writer and poet from PunjabPunjab (Pakistan)Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
, PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
) - Sufi Barkat AliSufi Barkat AliHadrat Abu Anees Muhammad Barkat Ali Al-Ludhianiwi , also referred to as Babaji Sarkar by his disciples was a Muslim Sufi saint who belongs to Qadri silsila of Hadrat Abdul-Qadir Gilani born in a small village of Brahmi in the Tehsil of Ludhiana in Northern India.Hadrat is founder of the...
(PunjabPunjab (Pakistan)Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
, Pakistan) - Syed Qasim MahmoodSyed Qasim MahmoodSyed Qasim Mahmood Pakistani intellectual and Urdu short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher, translator and for most encyclopedist of Pakistan...
, encyclopedist of PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... - Syed WaliullahSyed WaliullahSyed Waliullah was a Bangladeshi novelist, short-story writer and playwright. He is most well known in Bangla literature for his first novel, Lalsalu...
- Tasnim Nazeer- Journalist and Writer
- Taha Hussein
- Taslima NasrinTaslima NasrinTaslima Nasrin is a Bengali Bangladeshi ex-doctor turned author who has been living in exile since 1994. From a modest literary profile in the late 1980s, she rose to global fame by the end of the 20th century owing to her feminist views and her criticism of Islam in particular and of religion in...
- U Shwe YoeU Shwe YoeU Shwe Yoe was a prominent Burmese actor, comedian, dancer and cartoonist. He was a Burmese Muslim.-U Shwe Yoe and Daw Moe dance :He became famous with the Shwe Yoe the jolly joker dance routine which first appeared in 1923 film Ah Ba Ye, an early Burmese language film about rural life...
, a Burmese Muslim named U Ba Ga Lay. He was also a cartoonist, actor, comedian and dancer. - US Moinuddin, Indian Author, Educationist, Motivational Speaker, Environmentalist.
- Uzeyir HajibeyovUzeyir HajibeyovUzeyir bey Abdul Hussein oglu Hajibeyov was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer, conductor, publicist, playwright, teacher, translator, and social figure from Azerbaijan. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music and opera...
- Yahiya EmerickYahiya EmerickYahiya Emerick is a former President of the Islamic Foundation of North America, vice-principal at an Islamic school, and a Muslim author. He has written several articles and works of fiction that have been published in North America and abroad.-Life:...
- Yusuf al-KhalYusuf al-KhalYusuf al-Khal was a Syrian-born poet. He made his career largely in Lebanon.With Ali Ahmad Said , al-Khal founded the magazine Shi'r in Beirut in 1957. [Irwin, 24] His poetry has also been recognized in Near East poetry collections. - Featured works :* al-Khal, Yusuf. The Flag of Childhood: Poems...
- Yusuf Balasagun
- Yusuf IslahiYusuf IslahiMuhammad Yusuf Islahi is a popular writer on Islam. He is a scholar, writer and an orator. He is a member of topmost decision-making and leadership organ of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, the Markazi Majlis e Shura...
(Maulana Yusuf Islahi) - Zaib-un-Nissa HamidullahZaib-un-Nissa HamidullahZaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah was a pioneer of Pakistani literature and journalism in English, and also a pioneer of feminism in Pakistan, West Pakistan till 1971. She was Pakistan's first female columnist , editor, publisher and political commentator...
- Zaid ShakirZaid ShakirZaid Salim Shakir is a prominent American Islamic scholar and writer who is a co-founder, , and faculty member, of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, United States, where he teaches courses on Arabic, Law, History, and Islamic Spirituality...
- Zar Wali KhanZar Wali KhanShaikh-Ul-Hadith-Wa-Tafseer Moulana Mufti Zar Wali Khan is a Hanafi Islamic scholar from Pakistan. He is the founder of the Jamia Arabia Ahsan-ul-Uloom seminary located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan. He is an expert in the fields of Islamic Jurisprudence , hadith, tafsir and tasawwuf...
- Zuko DžumhurZuko DžumhurZulfikar "Zuko" Džumhur was a Bosnian writer, painter and caricaturist. Džumhur's bohemian nature, versatility of a polymath and extremely creative personality have made him a unique figure of the Yugoslav culture in the second half of the 20th century.Džumhur was born in Konjic, northern...
See also
- Islamic art history
- Islamic architectureIslamic architectureIslamic architecture encompasses a wide range of both secular and religious styles from the foundation of Islam to the present day, influencing the design and construction of buildings and structures in Islamic culture....
- Islamic potteryIslamic potteryMedieval Islamic pottery occupied a geographical position between Chinese ceramics and the pottery of the Byzantine Empire and Europe. For most of the period it can fairly be said to have been between the two in terms of aesthetic achievement and influence as well, borrowing from China and...
- Islamic calligraphyIslamic calligraphyIslamic calligraphy, colloquially known as Perso-Arabic calligraphy, is the artistic practice of handwriting, or calligraphy, and by extension, of bookmaking, in the lands sharing a common Islamic cultural heritage. This art form is based on the Arabic script, which for a long time was used by all...
- Islamic musicIslamic musicIslamic music is Muslim religious music, as sung or played in public services or private devotions. The classic heartland of Islam is the Middle East, North Africa, Iran, Central Asia, Horn of Africa and South Asia. Due to Islam being a multi-ethnic religion, the musical expression of its adherents...
- Arabic poetryArabic poetryArabic poetry is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that. Arabic poetry is categorized into two main types, rhymed, or measured, and prose, with the former greatly preceding the latter...
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