An attractive pocket-sized manuscript that I recently acquired reflects a long tradition to recite the liturgical poem “Mi Kamocha, Ve’en Kamocha” of Yehuda Halevi (1075-1141) in Adar. This ...

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A 12th-century poem dedicated to Saladin and a 15th-century chronicle provide new independent testimonies about the stellar explosions of the years 1006 and 1181, crucial for modern astrophysics. In a ...

Abu Dhabi, June 6th, 2010 (WAM) -- The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) announced the publication of a collection of Arabic poems with English translation. The collection, entitled ...

KUN0082 4 GEN 0273 FRANCE /KUNA-PKN1 CUL-ALGERIA-ARAB-FORUM Algiers' Arabic poetry forum to kick off Sunday ALGIERS, Feb 24 (KUNA) -- Under the theme of "Roots and Future," Algiers' Forum for Arabic ...

Eight years ago, Syrian poet Adonis, who wrote My Loneliness Is a Garden, wandered through the streets of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, and caught the scent of osmanthus blossoms. He described the ...

The International Youth Poetry Festival has previously held special sessions for BRICS countries and China-Latin America ...

Chinese poet Ai Kou has long been accustomed to gathering with fellow Chinese poets for creative exchanges. Yet at the ...