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Adab Arabic Poetry
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This website hosts many examples of poetry from the jahiliyyah period to the present in an attempt to create a comprehensive diwan of Arabic poetry. Some poems have an audio component. Users can browse poetry by time period, by audio file, by author's name, or by custom search. The website is also in English and there are many poems that have been translated into English, although some poems that are on the website in English are not on the website in Arabic and vice versa. Users can submit poetry to the website via a submission system.

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Arts and Humanities
Languages
Literature
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
adab
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Arabic Poetry: Guzzle a Ghazal!
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The Bedouins of ancient Arabia and Persia made poetry a conversational art form. Several poetic forms developed from the participatory nature of tribal poetry. Today in most Arabic cultures, you may still experience public storytelling and spontaneous poetry challenges in the streets. The art of turning a rhyme into sly verbal sparring is considered a mark of intelligence and a badge of honor. Students will learn about the origins and structure of Arabic Poetry.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
World Cultures
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEment!
Author:
Individual Authors
Date Added:
12/05/2011
Thornton's Arabic Series Volume III, Elementary Arabic, Second Reading-Book
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This is the third volume in Thornton's Arabic Series. It contains more advanced readings that have only limited footnotes to explain vocabulary and grammatical issues. According to the work's author, the passages presented in this book were selected and placed in chronological order for the purpose of demonstrating the social and literary development of Arab civilization during the classical period. The book includes a glossary.

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Arts and Humanities
Languages
Literature
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Cambridge University Press
Author:
Frederic Du Pre Thornton
Reynold A. Nicholson
William Wright
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Thornton's Arabic Series Volume IV, Elementary Arabic, Third Reading-Book
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This is the final text in Thornton's Arabic Series. It contains numerous literary extracts from classical Arabic sources along with explanatory footnotes. Selections come from the Qur'an, classical travel literature, poems, historical sources, some religious texts, grammatical texts, and biographies. A glossary is included.

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Arts and Humanities
Languages
Literature
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Cambridge University Press
Author:
Nicholson, Reynold A.
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Wikibooks - Wikijunior:Languages/Arabic
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This site provides a description of Arabic aimed at a younger audience which includes the language's history, its famous authors, where it's spoken, common phrases and traditional expressions. The text emphasizes general information over language instruction.

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Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Wikibooks
Date Added:
10/14/2013