Antara
Antara (äntär´ä), fl. 600, Arab warrior and poet, celebrated in his own day as a hero because he rose from slave birth to be a tribal chief. His poetry is represented by one poem in the Muallaqat. His greatness gave rise to many legends over the centuries, and he became the hero of the popular Arabic epic Sirat Antar. In it he represents the ideal of a Bedouin chief, rich, generous, brave, and kind. His name also appears as Antar.
More From encyclopedia.com
Adonis (poet) , Adonis
Adonis, born Ali Ahmad Said in 1930, was a Lebanese poet whose work reflected a radical vision of Arab history and culture, as well as a hunge… Adonis , Adonis
Adonis, born Ali Ahmad Said in 1930, was a Lebanese poet whose work reflected a radical vision of Arab history and culture, as well as a hunge… Arab , A person who speaks Arabic as a first language and self-identifies as Arab.
Arabs comprise less than one-quarter of the world's 1.2 billion Muslims.… Abu Nuwas , Abu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas (ca. 756-813) was the most famous Arab poet of the Abbasid era. His style was extravagant, and his compositions reflect… Arab Americans , The first Arabs to immigrate in large numbers to the United States were Lebanese Christians in the 1880s (see Lebanese Americans ). Lebanese Muslims… Pan-arabism , Also known as Arab nationalism, pan-Arabism is the ideology that calls for the political unity of Arab peoples and states. By consensus, Arabness is…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Antara