Middle Eastern

Mind Platter is a compilation of reflections on life through the eyes of an educator, student and human who experienced most of life in silence. It is written in the words of a person who came from Lebanon to Canada at the age of sixteen and experienced...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957415031Author A HelwaFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Naulit Inc.Publisher Naulit Inc.Weight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645349979Author S HukrFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Fajr NoorPublisher Fajr NoorWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 12mm

After centuries of oppressive Ottoman rule, the Arab world began to find new vitality and freedom in the twentieth century. The accompanying resurgence of creative expression is splendidly reflected in this definitive anthology of contemporary Arabic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892552740Author Nazim HikmetFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Persea Books IncPublisher Persea Books IncWeight(grams) 339gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590306352Author Mevlana Jalaluddin RumiFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

This stunning collection showcases the love poetry and mystical teachings at the heart of the Islamic tradition in accurate and poetic original translations At a time when the association of Islam with violence dominates headlines, this beautiful...

It is often said that Rumi (aka Jalal al-Din, 1207-73) is now the most popular poet in the United States. This conquest of the new world by a middle-eastern medieval writer who died before Chaucer was even born has been achieved with extraordinary speed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590177303Author Najwan DarwishFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint NYRB PoetsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams) 111gDimensions(mm)...

Now in paperback, considered one of the greatest works of Persian literature, "The Big Red Book" is one of the masterpieces of Rumi, the medieval Sufi mystic who also happens to be the most popular poet in America.About the AuthorColeman Barks is a...

Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for his epic poem The Conference of the Birds, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning. The poem recounts the perilous journey of the world's...

These interrelated meditations explore the nature of the individual spirit and the individual spiritedness of the natural world. As skilled a philosopher as she is a poet, in Sea & Fog, Adnan weaves multiple sonic, theoretical, and syntactic pleasures...

The eagerly anticipated new poetry collection from Najwa Zebian, author of Mind Platter.About the AuthorNajwa Zebian is a Lebanese-Canadian author, speaker, and educator. Her passion for language was evident from a young age, as she delved into Arabic...

Taha Muhammad Ali (1931-2011) was a much celebrated Palestinian poet whose work is driven by a storyteller's vivid imagination, disarming humour and unflinching honesty. Born in rural Galilee, Muhammad Ali was left without a home when his village was...

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...

In Sparks of Phoenix-Najwa Zebian's third book of poetry-she takes her readers on a powerful journey of healing. As the phoenix emerges from its ashes, Zebian emerges ablaze in these pages, not only as a survivor of abuse, but as a teacher and healer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781441338365Author Kahlil GibranFormat HardbackImprint Peter Pauper Press Inc.Publisher Peter Pauper Press Inc.Weight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 194mm *...

A masterpiece of Arabic love poetry in a new and complete English translationThe Translator of Desires, a collection of sixty-one love poems, is the lyric masterwork of Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1240 CE), one of the most influential writers of classical...

Rediscover Joyce Mansour, the most significant Surrealist poet to emerge from 1950s Paris."You know very well, Joyce, that you are for me-and very objectively too-the greatest poet of our time. Surrealist poetry, that's you."-Andre Breton Joyce Mansour,...

Winner of the 2010 Lois Roth Persian Translation PrizeSin includes the entirety of Farrokhzad's last book, numerous selections from her fourth and most enduring book, Reborn, and selections from her earlier work, and creates a collection that is true to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570625664Author Kabir HelminskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789197895477Author Joyce AkessonFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Pallas Athena DistributionPublisher Pallas Athena DistributionWeight(grams)...

The first major career-spanning collection of the poems of Adonis, widely acknowledged as the most important poet working in Arabic today "Poetry for [Adonis] is not merely a genre or an art form but a way of thinking, something almost like mystical...

In honour of Goethe and the 200th anniversary of the first publication of his outstanding poem sequence the West-Eastern Divan (1819), A New Divan contains outstanding original poems by twenty-four leading poets - twelve from the `East' and twelve from...

One of the great works of Persian literature in a masterful new translationCalled 'the Romeo and Juliet of the East' by Lord Byron, Layli and Majnun is a classic tale of forbidden love that gained widespread popularity following its depiction in this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995767539Author Naomi FoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Smokestack BooksPublisher Smokestack Books

Still little known in the West, Persian poetry offers extraordinary riches. While celebrating the beauty of the world in poems about love, wine and poetry itself, or telling anecdotes of everyday life, Persian poetry set these themes in the wider...

A New Statesman Book of the Year 2021. A White Review Book of the Year 2021. In this remarkable first collection, Parwana Fayyaz evokes events in the lives of Afghan women, past and present - their endurance and achievements, told from their points...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525576013Author Noor UnnaharFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915079671Author Yousif M QasmiyehFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Broken Sleep BooksPublisher Broken Sleep BooksWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947844933Author Kahlil GibranFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Suzeteo EnterprisesPublisher Suzeteo EnterprisesWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Enjoy the unmatched beauty of the King James Version combined with the readability of Thomas Nelson's exclusive KJV Comfort Print (R) typeface, all in a Bible that includes over 73,000 cross references and the Apocrypha.In this edition, the literary...

The time has come to reveal more of Rumi than the inaccurate portrayal of a new age guru. With careful selections from his work and accompanying commentaries this book will bring readers closer to his poetry's true, traditional meaning. -- "Everyone has,...

Muhammad Iqbal (d.1938), thinker and philosopher - poet of Indo-Pakistani sub-continent was one of the key architects of contemporary Islam. Through the medium of his thoughtful writing and soul-transforming poetry, both Urdu and Persian, he infused a...

In 1814, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe read the poems of the great fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz in a newly published translation by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. For Goethe, the book was a revelation. He felt a deep connection with Hafiz and Persian...

Now in paperback, this is the definitive collection of America's bestselling poet Rumi's finest poems of love and lovers. In Coleman Barks' delightful and wise renderings, these poems will open your heart and soul to the lover inside and out. 'There are...

WINNER of the INTERNATIONAL GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE WINNER of the BEST TRANSLATED BOOK AWARD FINALIST for the 2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD On October 27, 2003, Adnan received a post card of a palm tree from the poet Khaled...

An easy-to-carry Bible that easily fits in a purse or backpack with cross references allowing this Bible to be an ideal choice to take with you wherever you go.Reading the Bible on the go? This compact-sized edition was designed with you in mind. Even...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636209012Author Henry Wilberforce ClarkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 462Imprint Persian Learning CenterPublisher Persian Learning CenterWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781998309115Author Yahia LababidiFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Daraja PressPublisher Daraja Press