Al-Mutanabbi (http://www.adab.com/en/modules.php?name=Sh3er&doWhat=ssd&shid=25)
Biography and poems of the Iraqi poet
Al-Mutanabbi Street (http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/08/26/culture/index.html?pn=1)
“Iraqi culture was reborn when Saddam fell, only to die again. A report from Baghdad's fear-haunted literary cafes.”
Arabic (http://www.adab.com/en/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=18)
History of the Arabic language and its connection to literature, highlights the role that Iraq played in the transformation of the Arabic and Islamic culture
Arabic
language (http://www.araboo.com/dir/iraqi-literature)
A compilation of links that lead to Arabic language web sites about
authors and literature
As the Arabs Say… (http://www.v-arabic.com/aas/)
Arabic Quotes, Proverbs, and Sayings for Learners of Arabic as a Foreign Language selected, podcasted and interpreted by Mourad Diouri. Using a variety of multi-media e-Learning tools and resources, As the Arabs Say is an initiative to enhance understanding of the Arabic language and culture by exploring a wealth of carefully selected Arabic quotes, sayings and proverbs that authentically reflect the way many Arabs live and communicate.
Calligraphy Qalam: An Introduction to Arabic, Ottoman and Persian Calligraphy (http://calligraphyqalam.com/index.html)
This website contains information on the history, various styles, techniques, classes, as well as a gallery of various types of calligraphy in the Arabic script
Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=IQ)
Searching this comprehensive English language ethnological site by country name
will yield lists and articles of the languages and linguistic groups spoken
and read in it.
Iraqi
literature in English Translation (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2501/is_n4_v19/ai_20576626)
Commentary on Iraqi literature that makes reference to several
renowned authors
Iraqi
Society and culture (http://www.photius.com/wfb2000/countries/iraq/iraq%5Fpeople.html)
It provides general information on the Iraqi people and their culture.
Learn Arabic! (http://lexicorient.com/babel/arabic/)
This
is a free, online language-learning program that will give learners
an audio-visual introduction to at least 400 of the most commonly
used Arabic words. Also, this site suggests a number
of books designed to introduce Arabic to English speakers.
List of Poets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arabic_language_poets)
Compilation of Arabic Language Poets includes Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz and Abu-l-'Atahiya who were both from what is now considered Iraq
Motivation
to Study Arabic (http://www.al-bab.com/arab/language/lang.htm)
This
site gives an introduction to Arabic by explaining the importance
of the language globally and then showing how many words Arabic
has contributed to English and Spanish. It also contains
a few links to ease the transition between French, English, and
Arabic through electronic dictionaries and translation programs.
Open Collections Program: Islamic Heritage Project (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ihp/)
Through the Islamic Heritage Project (IHP), Harvard University has cataloged, conserved, and digitized hundreds of Islamic manuscripts, maps, and published texts from Harvard’s renowned library and museum collections. These rare-and frequently unique-materials are now freely available to Internet users worldwide. IHP is made possible with the generous support of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal.
Poets (http://www.geocities.com/marxist_lb/index2.htm#me)
List of poets and featured works from several countries, includes 5 Iraqi poets
Princeton Online Arabic Poetry (http://www.princeton.edu/~arabic/poetry/)
Web site features the work of famous Arab poets, includes audio recordings, highlights the lines of poetry as it is being read, and offers translations of the poems to English
Princeton University Library's Digital Islamic Manuscript Collection (http://diglib.princeton.edu/xquery?_xq=getCollection&_xsl=collection&_pid=islamic)
Princeton University Library holds approximately 9,500 Islamic manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish and other languages of the Muslim world written in Arabic script. The manuscripts date from the 9th to the 19th centuries. 200 of these manuscripts are being digitized for their digital library.
Rabi’a al-‘Adawiyya (http://www.mythinglinks.org/NearEast~3monotheisms~Islam~Rabia.html)
Biography of the poet and sufi saint from Iraq
The Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark (http://www.kb.dk/en/nb/samling/os/naeroest/arabdigi.html)
The Danish Royal Library's website provides a link to digitized Arabic materials and manuscripts from its extensive collections. |