The nation's first purpose-built mosque opened in Cedar Rapids in the 1930s, and its history is still instructive, writes ...

All this is bigger than ghazals, of course. Bigger than haiku. I’m saying we have to graduate from pastiche and mimicry to ...

The Modern Dance Theatre Company performs Frida show, choreographed and directed by Sally Ahmed. Mon 30, 9pm: The Talents ...

Syrian-American rapper, poet and activist, Omar Offendum, pays tribute to the once-thriving neighbourhood of Little Syria in ...

In past years, Cannes has often prided itself on not making overt political statements. But the wars waging in Gaza and Ukraine were felt powerfully throughout this edition—particularly given the ...

Mississippi's 2025 Poetry Out Loud Recitation Contest. High school students from across the state compete for a chance to represent Mississippi in the National Recitation Contest in Washington, D.C.

The Arab American National Museum in Dearborn is celebrating Arab American Heritage Month with free admission to view its current exhibits and events highlighting culture, history and resilience.

The Promised Messiah as composed many Arabic poems following these classical metrical patterns, showing his mastery of the Arabic language and poetic rhythm. He adhered strictly to the metrical rules ...

Amman, March 20 (Petra) -- As the world marked World Poetry Day, a quiet unease settled among Arab poets, a sense that the currents of their art were shifting, perhaps drifting away from familiar ...

Pierre Joris, a poet and translator who tackled some of the 20th century’s most difficult verse, rendering into English the complex work of the renowned German-Romanian poet Paul Celan, died on ...

SHARJAH, 1st February, 2025 (WAM) -- The General Secretariat of the Sharjah Award for Arabic Poetry Criticism has selected ...

"She once sang 'if a day passes without seeing you, it can't count towards my lifetime'. That is how I feel," the 83-year-old said, his eyes tearing up. "A day without her voice is a day that is lost.