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  2. Rana Kabbani - Wikipedia

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    Rana Kabbani (Arabic: رنا قباني; born 1958) is a British Syrian cultural historian, writer and broadcaster who lives in London. Most famous for her works Imperial Fictions: Europe's Myths of the Orient (1994) and Letter to Christendom (1989), she has also edited and translated works in Arabic and English. [ 1 ]

  3. Nizar Qabbani - Wikipedia

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    Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani (Arabic: نزار توفيق قباني, ALA-LC: Nizār Tawfīq Qabbānī, French: Nizar Kabbani; 21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) was a Syrian poet. He is considered to be Syria's National Poet. [1]

  4. Mansabdar - Wikipedia

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    During later years of his reign, Akbar introduced the ranks of zat and sawar in the system. Different views have been expressed regarding these terms. According to Blochmann, every mansabdar had to maintain as many soldiers as were indicated by his rank of zat while the rank of sawar indicated the number of horsemen among them.

  5. Zaat (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Zaat – The main character. Her name means "self", [1] or "essence." The idafa construction that means "possessor of [something]" uses dhât as the first term. [5]Instead of having a single beginning for Zaat the novel's text argued that any three points could be the start of her character: her birth, her first menstruation, and the wedding night.

  6. Rana al-Tonsi - Wikipedia

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    Al-Tonsi was born on 27 November 1981 in Cairo and attended the American University in Cairo. [1] She started writing when she was young and published her first book before she was 20 years old. [1]

  7. Maqamat Badi' az-Zaman al-Hamadhani - Wikipedia

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    Maqamat Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (Arabic: مقامات بديع الزمان الهمذاني), are an Arabic collection of stories from the 9th century, written by Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani. Of the 400 episodic stories, roughly 52 have survived.

  8. Lisan al-Arab - Wikipedia

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    I did not include any other text, so let anyone who cites my book understand that he is citing these five original sources. [1] Occupying 20 printed book volumes (in the most frequently cited edition), it is the best known dictionary of the Arabic language, [2] as well as one of the most comprehensive. Ibn Manzur compiled it from other sources ...

  9. Minan-ur-Rahman - Wikipedia

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    Arabic - the Mother of all Languages - (Book) Minan-ur-Rahman [Arabic: منن الرّحمٰن ] is a brief treatise on philology by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908), written in May 1895. Ahmad claimed that Arabic was the first language taught to man by God Himself and the Mother of all languages (Arabic: Ummul-al-Sinnah ).