A Georgetown University professor has received a prestigious honor for her work in the field of classical Arabic poetry. Suzanne Stetkevych, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Arabic and Islamic ...

And I deeply admire the artistic legacy of Ziad Rahbani—the work that Fairuz sang, and through which she stepped beyond the carefully crafted persona the Rahbani brothers had built Since Ziad ...

It is a known fact that classical Persian poets were partial to poetic meters composed of eight feet, known as muthamman. On this topic, however, two issues remain unsolved: How did the Persian poets ...

For thousands of years melodic, well-proportioned rhymed verses recorded battles, lifestyle, wisdom and feelings of the people in the region, expanding the role of Arabic poetry far beyond the borders ...

Starting in 2014, the Arabic Film & Poetry Series, co-sponsored by the ASU Council for Arabic and Islamic Studies and the University's Arabic Studies Program, has helped to expand student knowledge on ...

Sheikh Abdullah Bin Salem Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmed Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the Sharjah Media Council, attended ...

Under the patronage of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and organised by the Cultural Affairs Department at the Sharjah Department of ...