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Any recommendations for beautiful native Arabic literature?

>> No.20192264

>>20192260
I mean literaatue

>> No.20192273

>>20192264
I mean literature

>> No.20192416

>>20192273
>literaatue*

>> No.20192758

1001 Nights

>> No.20193862

>>20192260
The Quran

>> No.20193966

>>20192260
Al Mutannabi and Al Mu’alaqat as-Sab’ah (the seven hanging odes) are a good start. Very complicated reads in Arabic though.

Seerat bani-hilal is beautiful and there are sources online with the epic sung with subs.

Also jareer and al-farazdaq are interesting to read.
Arabic poetry is notoriously difficult to read especially old poetry. Easier poets are modern ones like Ibrahim touqan, Ahmad shawqi and khaleel Gibran.

If you want a beautiful novel read midaq alley

>> No.20193977

>>20192260
Quran

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20194965

>>20192260

>> No.20195026

>>20192260
حي بن يقظان

>> No.20195096

Naguib mahfouz books

>> No.20195776

>>20192260
Started and stopped with 1001 nights.

>> No.20197320

>>20192260
Durka By Jihad Mohammed was good

>> No.20197401

>>20192260
>>20192264
lol

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20197421

Arabs don't read. My mother teaches ESL to adult immigrants and she says that many of her Arab students read a novel for the first time in her class. One time she took her class to the university library, and one of the Saudi guys (who had a university degree) said he'd never been in a library before. I've read similar anecdotes elsewhere. It's pretty surprising to me, since Arabic definitely has a literary tradition.

>> No.20197451

>>20197421
I study in Saudi Arabia and a couple of my Arab friends read, and I also read so that's three.

>> No.20197484

>>20197451
Are people there made to read anything (besides textbooks, of course) in schools?

>> No.20197603

>>20193966
I'm looking for contemporary classics (post 40's) that capture the spirit of the modern Arab man, rather than literature from antiquity or the middle ages.
>Ibrahim touqan, Ahmad shawqi and khaleel Gibran.
>If you want a beautiful novel read midaq alley
I'll check them out though
>>20197320
Not funnt

>> No.20197609

>>20197603
I mean funny

>> No.20197790

>>20197484
There are some doctors who make you read extra books if you want extra credits, they make you do a synopsis about it and talk about it in class.