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ISBN: 9781846882630 - The Blind Owl Bestseller The Blind Owl
Sadegh Hedayat

ISBN10: 184688263X  ISBN13: 9781846882630
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 May 2012
The Blind Owl was written during the oppressive latter years of Reza Shah's rule (1925-1941). It was originally published in a limited edition in Bombay, during Hedayat's year-long stay there in 1937, stamped with "not for sale or publication in... More

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ISBN: 9780231149235 - Classical Arabic Stories Classical Arabic Stories
Salma Khadra Jayyusi

ISBN10: 0231149239  ISBN13: 9780231149235
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 22 Jun 2012
Short fiction was an immensely innovative art in the medieval Arab world, providing the perfect vehicle for transmitting dazzling images of life and experiences as early as pre-Islamic times. These works also speak to the urbanization of the Arab... More

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ISBN: 9781588140845 - Malakut & Other Stories Malakut & Other Stories
Bahram Sadiqi

ISBN10: 1588140849  ISBN13: 9781588140845
Publisher: IBEX Publishers,U.S.
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Aug 2012
A man who does not recognise his own face, an aristocrat who keeps his amputated limbs in jars on the shelf, an infant that commits suicide, a cat that is secretly writing a novel, a rooster that rebels against fate -- those are some of the... More

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ISBN: 9781611457285 - Strange Times, My Dear Strange Times, My Dear
Nahid Mozaffari

ISBN10: 1611457289  ISBN13: 9781611457285
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Arcade Publishing
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Jan 2013
When Arcade Publishing originally contracted this collection of poetry and literature, from over forty writers, the Department of the Treasury was attempting to censor the publication of works from countries on America's enemies list. More

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ISBN: 9780814738269 - Classical Arabic Literature Classical Arabic Literature

ISBN10: 0814738265  ISBN13: 9780814738269
Publisher: New York University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Dec 2012
Brings to life the rich variety of pre-modern Arabic social and cultural life, where secular texts happily coexisted with religious ones A major achievement in the field of translation, this anthology presents a rich assortment of classical Arabic... More

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ISBN: 9780814745281 - Selections on the Roots of Stations Selections on the Roots of Stations
A'Ishah Al-Ba'Uniyyah Th Emil Homerin

ISBN10: 0814745288  ISBN13: 9780814745281
Publisher: New York University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 20 Jan 2014
Authoritative and reliable editions of the Arabic and modern, lucid English translations introducing treasures of the Arabic literary heritage NYU Press and NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) announce the establishment of the Library of Arabic Literature... More

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ISBN: 9781851689712 - Rumi: Swallowing the Sun Rumi: Swallowing the Sun
Franklin D Lewis

ISBN10: 1851689710  ISBN13: 9781851689712
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Apr 2013
A gorgeous edition of Rumi verse, from a world-renowned Rumi biographer and translator Timeless and eternal, the poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi is loved the world over, making him the best selling poet from America to Tajikistan. In this beautifully... More

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ISBN: 9781851689729 - The Essential Gibran The Essential Gibran
Suheil Bushrui, Kahlil Gibran

ISBN10: 1851689729  ISBN13: 9781851689729
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 May 2013
A beautiful compilation of Gibran's prose and poetry offering a wide variety of theme, occasion, mood, and form Kahlil Gibran's essential style is captured in reflective poetic prose, dramatic sketches, allegories and parables, national and... More

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ISBN: 9780415505086 - Classical Islam Classical Islam
Norman Calder, Jawid Mojaddedi, Andrew Rippin

ISBN10: 0415505089  ISBN13: 9780415505086
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 Oct 2012
This definitive sourcebook presents more than sixty authoritative new translations of key Islamic texts. Edited and translated by three leading specialists, Classical Islam features eight thematically-linked sections covering the Qur'an and its... More

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ISBN: 9780814729144 - A Treasury of Virtues A Treasury of Virtues
Al-Qadi Al-Quda Tahera Qutbuddin

ISBN10: 0814729142  ISBN13: 9780814729144
Publisher: New York University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Mar 2013
Presents the first English translation of two important texts, with a new critical edition based on several original manuscripts A Treasury of Virtues is a collection of sayings, sermons, and teachings attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. More