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Mahmoud Darwish

Mahmoud Darwish

Palestinian poet

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al-Ghazālī

Muslim jurist, theologian, and mystic

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Ibn al-ʿArabī

Muslim mystic

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Ameen Rihani

Arab American author and political figure

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Alaa al-Aswany

Egyptian author

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Nawal El Saadawi

Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, and author

Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz

Egyptian writer

Adonis

Adonis

Syrian-born Lebanese poet and literary critic

Al Neimi, Salwa

Salwa Al Neimi

Syrian author and journalist

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Ṭāhā Ḥusayn

Egyptian author

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al-Mutanabbī

Muslim poet

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Imruʾ al-Qays

Arab poet

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Nizār Qabbānī

Syrian poet and diplomat

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al-Jāḥiẓ

Muslim theologian and scholar

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al-Suyūṭī

Egyptian author

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al-Maʿarrī

Arab poet

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Ṣunʿ Allāh Ibrāhīm

Egyptian author

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Mehmed bin Süleyman Fuzuli

Turkish author

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al-Farazdaq

Islamic poet

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Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm

Egyptian author

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