It’s verse of a very particular kind. Barks was born in 1937 and grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He received his Ph.D. in English literature and published his first book of poetry, “The ...

Partly as a result, wine drinking became one of the great subjects of poetry under the classical Islamic caliphate. Some of this poetry was written by caliphs themselves—the Caliph al-Walid ibn ...

So he began translating his favorite poetry from Islam’s mystical Sufi tradition to send to her. “You know, you should publish this,” she told him after a few years.

Modern Poetry of Pakistan offers many offshoots of the classical tradition of Muslim poetry in India. Although Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), considered by some to be the first poet writing in a ...

Poetry – the lyrical, romantic kind, the type that extols the mystical life and that speaks to universal human concerns – remains very important within Arab-Islamic culture.

If awards are any measure of excellence, Doyali Islam is a very good poet! She is nominated for a slew of them this year, and has just won the League of Canadian Poets' National Broadsheet Contest.

Syed said she hopes the poetry night will inform and educate students on the art of Islam. Poetry, according to Syed, has always had a huge emphasis in the religion. She said language is the highest ...

A good fit equals good Muslim, a bad fit equals bad Muslim." Chapter 11 shares the title of the book, and here we learn of an event that would go on to make Hassan realise his Muslimness was ...