Tag: Ibn

3 Poems By Ibn Arabi, You Ought To Read

I always thought, that it’s just Rumi who writes in magical tones you cannot get over. But once I read, Ibn Arabi, I am dead sure, it’s not the poet who has the magical overtones in his writings but it’s the common element in them, that has. It’s but Sufism. No matt...

The Black Knight of Arabia: Antarah ibn Shaddad

When you think of concepts like honor, courtly love, and noblesse oblige, you likely conjure up images of European knights in steel-plate armor, mounted on giant destriers. European dress, European arms, and European mounts. These knights (in their real and fictional forms) may be dueling for a lady...