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Posted by: Muhannad Salhi
The following is a blog that examines the Blake Robinson Recordings of Somali poetry and dance and provides an analysis of the history of poetry in Somalia and the tradition of “poetic battles”
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED)
Posted by: Muhannad Salhi
The blog “Afghanistan Reflected in the Collections at the Library of Congress” captures the full range of collections, print, digital and rare books produced in the local and international languages in and about Afghanistan and currently available for research at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section
Posted by: Muhannad Salhi
This blogpost introduces Persian calligraphic styles: Ta'liq, Shikastah, and Nasta'liq. This is the second installment of a three-part series that examines the various styles of Arabic calligraphy used in the Arab and Islamic world. The Arabic, Persian and Ottoman Calligraphy collection is housed in the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section
Posted by: Muhannad Salhi
(The following is a post by Muhannad Salhi, Arab World Specialist, Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division.) “Orientals” says he, “seldom adventure into that region of fancy and fabrication so alluring to European and American writers; for, like the eyes of huris, our vanity is soft and demure. This then is a book …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Near East Section