Influencing numerous later animal tales told around the world, the 8th-century Arabic fables of Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ’s Kalīlah wa-Dimnah also inspired a rich visual tradition of illustration: jackals on trial, airborne turtles, and unlikely alliances between species. Marina Warner follows these stories as they wander and change across time and place, celebrating their sharp political observation and stimulating mix of humour, earnesty, and melancholy.
JEDDAH: Romantic love, a recurrent theme amid the explosion of popular Arabic literature of recent decades, has been present in Arabic poetic tradition since the earliest works were preserved for posterity in the written form. Long before the advent of writing, it was common for Arabian tribesmen to impart important information to other members using oral poetry. The
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