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  • Morocco That Was

    by Walter Harris ...
    Until 1912 Morocco had never suffered foreign domination, and its mountainous interior was as closed to foreigners as Tibet. Walter Harris was the exception. He lived in the country for more than thirty-five years, and as The Times correspondant he observed every aspect of its life. He describes the unfettered Sultanate in all its dark, melodramatic splendour. Harris was an intimate of at least ... Read more

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  • A Journey Through the Yemen and Some General Remarks Upon that Country

    by Walter Harris ...
    The Yemen may be described as forming the south-west corner of Arabia. So little is known of the geography of the interior, and to such a slight extent do even the natives define the boundaries between their own land and the surrounding provinces, that any exact description of the country is impossible. The same may be said of nearly all oriental frontiers, except where, taking an example from ... Read more

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    Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage. In this volume we venture to the East. To met a poet who ... Read more

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  • Desert Songs of the Night

    1500 Years of Arabic Literature

    Edited by Suheil Bushrui ...
    A unique and extraordinary collection, Desert Songs of the Night presents some of the finest poetry and prose by Arab writers, from the Arab East to Andalusia, over the last 1,500 years. From the mystical imagery of the Qur'an and the colourful stories of The Thousand and One Nights, to the powerful verses of longing of Mahmoud Darwish and Nazik al-Mala'ika, this captivating collection includes ... Read more

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  • Tales from Rumi

    Essential Selections from the Mathnawi

    The Persian poet Rumi, who wrote in the 13th Century, has become increasingly popular today. This selection comes from his monumental work, The Mathnawi—perhaps the longest mystical poem ever written, containing 24,000 verses in rhyming couplets. Thanks to E.H. Whinfield’s translation and commentary, these tales—filled with Sufi wisdom, insight, and humor—are wonderfully accessible to a wide ... Read more

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  • The Conference of the Birds

    by Farid Ud-din Attar ...
    This is a classic sufi text written by the Persian poet Farid Ud-Din Attar. In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their king, as they have none. The hoopoe, the wisest of them all, suggests that they should find the legendary Simorgh, a mythical Persian bird roughly equivalent to the western phoenix. The hoopoe leads the birds, each of whom represent a human fault which ... Read more

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  • The Gulistan of Sa'di

    The "Rose Garden"

    by Sa'di ...
    Translated by James Ross ...
    This masterpiece of Persian literature is a fascinating glimpse into the origins of one of the world's most venerable cultural traditions. Penned by one of the foremost Persian thinkers of the early medieval era, The Gulistan of Sa'di is a whirlwind tour through the political and intellectual issues of the period, ranging from advice for rulers to debates over different religious practices. ... Read more

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  • The conference of the birds

    by FARID UD DIN ATTAR ...
    This is a classic sufi text written by the Persian poet Farid Ud-Din Attar. In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their king, as they have none. The hoopoe, the wisest of them all, suggests that they should find the legendary Simorgh, a mythical Persian bird roughly equivalent to the western phoenix. The hoopoe leads the birds, each of whom represent a human fault which ... Read more

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  • The Thousand And One Nights Translated From The Arabi

    by Edward William Lane ...
    The Thousand And One Nights Translated From The Arabi by Edward William Lane. ... Read more

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  • Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, both volumes

    by Richard Burton ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he ... Read more

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  • The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I

    by Stanley Lane-Poole ...
    "The Thousand and One Nights," also known as "Arabian Nights," is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age. These stories have been passed down through generations and have had a profound influence on world literature. "The Thousand and One Nights" includes tales of adventure, romance, magic, and morality, and its stories feature a diverse cast of characters ... Read more

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  • Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah (Volume II of II)

    by Sir Richard Burton ...
    Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was a preeminent British explorer of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. His famed disguised pilgrimage to Mecca in 1853 made his name known. Burton helped demystify this exotic Eastern world to the West. In "Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah", we are gifted with his personal account of his Haj. Full of insightful anthropological ... Read more

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