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The poems in Faiz, a Wailing Nightingale establish Faiz as a great lyricist who embraced traditional motifs and subjects with an unrivaled passion and proclivity for verse that explores the natural and illusory qualities of love. Yet, as the title of the collection asserts, Faiz was a wailing nightingale-a tortured man who loved beauty, but found himself surrounded by the pain, sorrow, poverty, bloodshed, and tears of daily life in post-Colonial Pakistan.

Les proverbes sont une véritable sagesse populaire. Ils sont le fruit de centaines d'années d'histoires, de légendes, de spiritualité d'un peuple. Transmis oralement pendant des siècles, leur vérité et leur simplicité nous parlent immédiatement. Ces proverbes visent à donner accès à un peuple, une culture populaire, dans un format accessible à tous. Un proverbe est plus qu'une phrase anodine, ce peut être un trait d'esprit, un résumé d'une pensée complexe, une maxime, une ouverture sur une réflexion plus profonde.

Khalil Gibran est un poète et artiste peintre libanais, Il a séjourné en Europe et passé la majeure partie de sa vie aux États-Unis. Publié en 1923 et composé de vingt-six textes poétiques, son recueil "Le Prophète" est devenu particulièrement populaire pendant les années 1960 dans le courant de la contre-culture et les mouvements New Age.

Queste 100 proverbi mirano a fornire l'accesso a un'opera o a una vita eccezionale, attraverso una selezione dei pensieri più eclatanti, in un formato accessibile a tutti. Una citazione è più di un estratto di un'affermazione, può essere un colpo di mente, una sintesi di un pensiero complesso, una massima, un'apertura a una riflessione più profonda. Si dice che certe frasi possono cambiare la vita. Altri ragioneranno dentro di voi per un tempo infinito, facendo eco a una personale ricerca intellettuale o spirituale.

Queste 100 citazioni mirano a fornire l'accesso a un'opera o a una vita eccezionale, attraverso una selezione dei pensieri più eclatanti, in un formato accessibile a tutti. Una citazione è più di un estratto di un'affermazione, può essere un colpo di mente, una sintesi di un pensiero complesso, una massima, un'apertura a una riflessione più profonda.

The Prophet is a book of 26 simple prose fables written in by the fabled Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf and is Gibran's best known work.

This book is a modern spin of old Arabic poetry from the Middle Ages. Kayes and Lyla are well-known names in the Arabic culture who caused wars because of their innocent love.

Palestina, metà degli anni cinquanta. Mentre il conflitto arabo-israeliano infiamma, Ichmad - dodici anni, un talento non comune per la matematica e un'ammirazione sconfinata per Albert Einstein - scopre per la prima volta cosa siano la violenza e la paura. Anno dopo anno, ingiustizia dopo ingiustizia, i suoi fratelli soccombono all'odio verso Israele, invece Ichmad lotta per dare un senso a ciò che lo circonda e, grazie alla sua intelligenza matematica, vince una borsa di studio per l'università.

Kazim Ali is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work explores themes of identity, migration, and the intersections of cultural and spiritual traditions. His poetry is known for its lyrical and expressive language, as well as its exploration of themes such as love, loss, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. "Sukun" means serenity or calm, and a sukun is also a form of punctuation in Arabic orthography that denotes a pause over a consonant.

Winner of the 2022 Best Muslim Romance in the Fofky's Readers' Choice awards ★She’s never had the big O, and he has no clue. ★ Owaib mistakenly comes across a sex quiz his wife Aleena has filled out in a magazine. He is shocked to discover that his sex game falls way short of her expectations, and that he hasn’t managed to satisfy his wife in five years. With a busted ego and a shredded heart... Could this be the breaking point for the couple with the perfect couple persona? Or can Owaib up his game and learn to rock Aleena’s world? ♥Mediocre is a feel-good, all the feels steamy...

After years of fighting for what’s hers, she’s not waiting for next time anymore. Professor Atalia Oren is used to setbacks. After divorcing her cheating husband and getting repeatedly overlooked for promotions by her male counterparts, she’s tired of waiting for her “next time.” But when she discovers her research paper was plagiarized by her department’s rival and the university won’t do anything about it, it’s time for Atalia to take matters into her own hands. Ready to gain the recognition she deserves, she finds the perfect opportunity to prove her worth through a ...

Tras el éxito de su primera novela, Katamonim, Charly Bukovza se enfrenta al desafío de escribir su segunda obra en un entorno literario israelí marcado por la hostilidad y las contradicciones. Por un lado, las editoriales y el público esperan que repita la fórmula de su éxito inicial —una novela étnica centrada en la comunidad marroquí—, mientras que, por otro, el establishment literario le exige que abandone lo "étnico" y se adhiera a un canon más universal, dominado por una perspectiva asquenazí. La novela, estructurada en fragmentos narrativos que mezclan la reflexión ...

Safia Hussein Guerras' book, O.N.E: Opportunities Never End, is a profound exploration of the human experience, woven through a rich tapestry of philosophical musings and poetic reflections. The narrative delves deep into the essence of what it means to be human, contemplating the intricacies of love, pain, faith, and the eternal struggle between good and evil. At the heart of Guerras' work lies a poignant understanding of life's dualities and the constant search for meaning in a world fraught with contradictions.

El golem de Suecia es una novela experimental, fragmentaria y existensial del escritor Mois Benarroch. A través de una estructura no lineal, voces narrativas cambiantes y un lenguaje onírico y a veces caótico, la obra explora temas como la identidad, la locura, la existencia, el poder, el judaísmo, la política y la naturaleza del arte y la literatura. La trama gira en torno a varios personajes recurrentes, especialmente **Yona** y **Labon**, cuyas vidas se entrelazan de manera surrealista. Yona es una mujer enigmática, a menudo asociada con el color rojo y una fuerza casi mística, ...

"La obsesión de Serfaty" es un relato autobiográfico que fusiona ficción y realismo fantástico . Narra la experiencia de Salomón Serfaty, un escritor multilingüe y sefardí que, tras su expulsión simbólica del establishment literario israelí, comienza a enseñar español en un liceo francés de Jerusalén. La novela, estructurada como un diario íntimo y un blog de viajes a España, explora su crisis de identidad, sus problemas de sordera y su obsesión por la escritura. A través de un estilo fragmentario, Benarroch —ganador del Premio del Primer Ministro israelí y el Premio ...

Moïs Benarroch (Prix Amichai 2012) est né à Tétouan, Maroc en 1959. À l'âge de treize ans a émigré avec ses parents en Israël depuis lors il vit à Jérusalem. Il a publié ses premiers poèmes en 1979. Il commence à écrire de la poésie vers les quinze ans, en anglais, après quoi il commençât à écrire en hébreu, et finalement dans sa langue maternelle l'espagnol. Dans les années quatre-vingt a fait parti de plusieurs groupes de avant-garde et il à édité la revue Marot. Son premier livre en hébreu apparut en 1994, intitulé: Couplets de l’immigrant. Il publia aussi ...

While living for a dream to change the world around them, how do dreamers immerse in their dream and live in it? How do they turn the dream to become their reality? How do they make their happiness and sorrows part of it? What happens to the dream and what happens to the dreamers? find out in this story, see it through the eyes of the people who lived it.

Life over Death. Triumph over Failure. Hope over Despair. In Tale of Tala, Henry, a bestselling New York writer is trying to cope with the unexpected death of his mother and the failure of his latest book. His life a triumphant success had collapsed. Flying to Amsterdam to indulge in decadence and depravity, Henry gorges on everything from illicit drugs to vile carnal acts. Wanting more, he heads to Slovenia. Enter Tala - a strikingly beautiful but deceptively cunning prostitute. A Palestinian refugee, her tale of loss and suffering strikes a chord with Henry. The perilous journey between ...

This book is a collection of poems written by a young Palestinian Christian woman showing the heartbreaking truth of life under Israeli occupation. The poems aim to provide a vivid image for the world to see the physical, economic, environmental and spiritual pain that Palestinians endure constantly. Throughout the author is constantly looking to follow to resonance of hope.

Mervat was born in Iraq as a minority Christian and in the late 1970s and came to America at age two. Torn between her cultural heritage which dates back over 7300 years and the new land of freedom and opportunity, she watches friends live an Americanized lifestyle while she clings onto Middle Eastern traditions, all along yearning for the courage to follow her own path, to "Trust thyself" as Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasized. Then she meets Johnny, the perfect potential suitor, but he brings along multiple complications. As their relationship faces its challenges, Mervat's desire for having ...