Dec 18, 2021
Ṣafī al-Dīn al-Ḥillī was a Shʿī poet who was born in Iraq but lived much of his life in Mardin in modern day Turkey. He was an exemplar of versatility in verse for the much neglected Mamluk period of literary history.
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01:20 Ṣafī al-Dīn al-Ḥillī was born in 1278 just over a decade after the...
Dec 4, 2021
Ibn ʿArabī was an Andalusian Muslim scholar, mystic, poet, and philosopher. He is renowned among practitioners of Sufism by the names al-Shaykh al-Akbar ("the Greatest Shaykh"; from here the Akbarian school derives its name).
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01:36 Ibn ʿArabī was born in 1165 in Andalusia whose literary
history we covered...
Nov 27, 2021
Abū al-Walīd Aḥmad Ibn Zaydūn al-Makhzūmī, or simply known as Ibn Zaydūn, was considered the greatest neoclassical poet of al-Andalus. His love affair with the princess and poet Wallada and his exile inspired many of his poems.
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01:37 Ibn Zaydūn grew up during the decline of the Caliphate...
Nov 13, 2021
Dr. Kevin Blankinship, BYU Utah, speaks about the life, works
and legacy of Abū Firās al-Ḥamdānī, prince, prisoner, poet.
Al-Ḥārith b.
Abū al-ʿAlā Saʿīd ibn Ḥamdān al-Taghlibī,
better known by his nom
de plume of Abū Firās
al-Ḥamdānī, was an Arab prince and poet. He was a cousin
of...
Nov 6, 2021
Dr. Kevin Blankinship, BYU Utah, speaks about the life, works
and legacy of al-Mutanabbī, whose poetry continues to inspire.
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01:44 Al-Mutanabbī was born in 915CE in the city Kufah in modern
day Iraq at the height of the Abbasid caliphate but with rising
challenges from sectarian foes. What do we know about...