Arabic literature

Arabic literature refers to all forms of literature written by Arabs or related to Arab culture. This may include any work by an Arab writer that relates to Arabic culture, and may further include non-Arab works written in the Arabic language and to a primarily Arab audience.

Noted authors

Historical

• Antara Ibn Shaddad al-'Absi, pre-Islamic Arab hero and poet (fl. 580 CE).
• al-Hariri (1054–1122)
• Muhammad al-Nawaji bin Hasan bin Ali bin Othman, Cairene mystic, Sufi and poet (1383?–1455)

Modern

• Tayeb Salih
• Abdul Rahman Munif
• Naguib Mahfouz, (1911—) Nobel Prize for Literature (1988), famous for the Cairo Trilogy about life in the sprawling inner city.
• Ahlam Mosteghanemi, notable for being the first Algerian woman published in English
• Ra'ouf Mus'ad, not one of the most well-known Arab authors, but interesting.
• Tawfiq Awwad, famous Lebanese author