Things you need to know

Eid al-Adha

Abraham's sacrifice, only holidays the Druze celebrate

amani al-khatahtbeh

American author and tech entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and editor of MuslimGirl.com, a blog for Muslim women.

Saad Hariri

Prime Minister of Lebanon 2009 - 2011 and 2016 - present son of late Rafik Hariri, PM murdered in 2005 inherited Saudi Ofer (shutdown) oger telecom and turk telecom

Karkhiyya

where fine wine was produced in Baghdad

Tarab

"Musical enchantment, when both musician and listener are bewitched by the music" Arabic word for a state of emotional transformation or ecstasy achieved through music

Maharajah

"great king" Sanskrit title of an Indian ruler

three parts of قصيدة - Ibn Qutaybah

1. النسيب‎ - a nostalgic opening in which the poet reflects on what has passed. A common theme is the pursuit by the poet of the caravan of his beloved: by the time he reaches their camp-site they have already moved on. 2. رحيل - travel, a release or disengagement (تخلّص), often achieved by the poet describing his transition from the nostalgia of the nasīb to contemplating the harshness of the land and life away from the tribe. 3. Overall message of the poem: praise of the tribe (فخر) or a ruler (ماضي), satire about other tribes (hija) or some moral maxim (hikam).

Bader son of fateh

15

al-mutanabbi

22-23

Hezbollah

A radical Shiʿite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel based in Beirut's southern precincts, and the role model for many of the world's terrorist groups, is Lebanon's only truly powerful and unchallenged political organization

Nakba.

Catastrophe

Dervishes

Twirl - that's how they pray

Mithras

Demon?

قصيدة / قصائد

EX: المعلقات‎ The classic form of qasida maintains a single elaborate metre throughout the poem, and every line rhymes on the same sound means "intention" and the genre found use as a petition to a patron has a single presiding subject, logically developed and concluded

Iman Mersal (1966 - present)

Egyptian, the personal and banal but then morph into metaphors about life, travel and motherhood. These Are Not Oranges, My Love

Gebran Bassil

FPM

Hekayat

Fables ?

Kharrat

Fibster?

Antar

Great black warrior poet

Ahmad al-Saidawi

Hakawati

Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008)

He was born in the Palestinian village of al-Birwa under the British mandate but fled as the Israeli authorities took control and displaced thousands of Arabs. In much of his work he mixed modern poetry with Arabic rhythmical meters:

Bakhshi

In Iran, Player of oud, singer, and storyteller Bestower of gifts

Rafik Hariri

Lebanese business tycoon and the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation on 20 October 2004 instrumental in rebuilding the country after its protracted civil war. His assassination in 2005 fomented political tensions between Lebanon and Syria. moved to Saudi Arabia - became the personal contractor for Prince Fahd - billionaire To remake the city, he created a company called Solidere But the development also wiped away centuries of history and most of Beirut's rich architectural heritage Hariri was perceived as a savior, a man of the free market who would help Beirut rise from the ashes. He did that for some people. But the question is for whom? Not for the middle classes, and certainly not for the poor.

Sahat Al Burj

Martyrs' Square in Downtown Beirut, "tower square," During the Civil War, the square was used as a point that divided the city into East and West Beirut to indicate opposing sects

King kade

Master of light

Maqam

Means place or situation, also means shrine "In music it's about scale but also mood"

farsheh.

More elaborate than the handful of rhymes following kan ma kan, there is a long stretch of fantasy and nonsense rhyme Literally, the soft bedding stored in a corner during the day and rolled out onto the floor at night, turning the living space into a bedroom. precedes the rest of the narrative

Mohammed Abdel Bari (1985 - present)

Originally from Sudan, Abdel Bari grew up in Saudi Arabia and is considered one of the most influential voices in contemporary classical Arabic poetry. His work brews with Sufism and Arabic myths as well as Quranic stories and Islamic philosophy. his recital of What Has Not Been Told By Zarqa' al-Yamam.

Abu Nawas

P 27 Love poems

Everybody is asleep but jardown is awake

P 52

Ahmed ben kulaib al-nahawi

Poet

Maté ritual

Poured hot water from the kettle onto the metal straw and then ran a lemon peel across it, placed the sanitized straw in the maté gourd

Michel Aoun

President of Lebanon

Raghad Makhlouf

Syrian actress, theatre workshops for young refugees tv show - Amal,

Nouri al-Jarrah (1956 - present)

Syrian by birth, is best known for his use of free prose, collating a chorus of voices inspired by mythology, folktales and ancient Greek theatre protagonists. A Boat to Lesbos and Other Poems.

النكبة‎

The 1948 Palestinian exodus, literally "disaster", "catastrophe", or "cataclysm", occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs — about half of prewar Palestine's Arab population — fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1948 Palestine war.

Cave of machpelah

Where Ishmael and issac buries their facthee

المعلقات‎

a group of seven long Arabic poems that are considered the best work of pre-Islamic Arabia. The name means The Suspended Odes or The Hanging Poems, the traditional explanation being that these poems were hung on or in the Kaaba at Mecca.

souk

a market or bazaar

the bey (25)

a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire, clan chief/titled nobles

names

adults, once they are parents, are identified by the name of their first born son. abu / umm

Sursocks

among the oldest and richest of the Christian families in Lebanon Lady Yvonne Sursock Cochrane - The only daughter of Alfred Bey Sursock and his Italian wife, Donna Maria Theresa Serra di Cassano

Mohammed Al Attar

born in Damascus in 1980, is one of the most important Syrian playwrights and has since 2011 been an acute analyst of the Syrian conflict Antigone in Shatila, a transference of Sophocles' classical drama to a Lebanese refugee camp with Syrian refugee women

Manakish

bread

Al-Mutanabbi (915-965)

classic poet, his nickname translates as "he who would be a prophet". He never rested in one place, travelling to Baghdad, Damascus, Tiberias, Antioch, Aleppo and Cairo among others, earning income from emirs for his poetic praise for them.

Imru' al-Qais (501-565)

classic poet, His masterpiece is the Mu'allaqa, an ode so revered that it is written in gold on sheets of paper which are then hung on the walls of the Kaabah in Mecca Heir to the throne of the Kindah tribe, which was based in the Arabian peninsula, al-Qais chose a life of travelling, drinking, fighting - and poetry.

Abu al-Alaa al-Maarri (973-1057)

classic poet, When he was four, al-Maarri went blind due to smallpox. It left him housebound for much of his life: unlike his hero al-Mutannabi, al-Maarri did not leave home for almost four decades, preferring solitude to mingling with people. poet of philosophers opponents condemned al-Maarri for heresy because he mocked the followers of all religions.

Al-Khansa (575-645)

classic poet, converting to Islam during the lifetime of the Prophet Mohammed Her masterpiece is her eulogies to her brother Sakhr. Yet, while four of her children were killed during Muslim battles against the Romans and Persians, al-Khansa refused to write any eulogies to them, saying that Islam had taught her not to wail for the dead.

Abu Nuwas (756-814)

his adoration of wine and as the poet of gay love. Born in Ahvaz, in modern-day Iran, he moved at a young age to Iraq, the governing seat of the then-mighty Abbasid Caliphate. eflect his experience of cosmopolitan life in Baghdad where nations gathered in taverns, libraries, bazaars, mosques and bath houses. close to the entourage of the Caliph Al-Ma'mun, entertaining him and his followers with jokes, anecdotes and lustful verses. On his death bed he repented his sins and died as a Muslim.

دروز

known as Muwahideen, a separate religious group, with their own courts and their own jurisdiction in matters such as marriage, divorce, and adoption.

Scheherazade

major female character and the storyteller in the frame narrative of the thousand and one nights

كليلة ودمنة

originally written in Sanskrit, probably in Kashmir, some time in the fourth century CE book of fables

Amal Dunqol

postmodern aesthetic in Arabic poetry embrace of free verse and fragmentation, his work is noted especially for its reinterpretation of folkloric, pre-Islamic, Christian and Arab mythology

Maram al-Masri (1962 - present)

reflect on love, exile, nostalgia for her homeland and the war in Syria. A Red Cherry On A White-Tiled Floor How foolish: Whenever my heart hears a knocking it opens its doors.

Nabih Berri

speaker of Lebanon Parliament since 1992 positions given to shiite muslims the Amal movement

Labneh

thick yogurt

تحويل

transformation