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Answer: The Book of Songs (Al-Aghani) ↔ Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, The Unique Necklace (Al-Iqd al-Farid) ↔ Ibn Abd Rabbih, Lisan al-Arab ↔ Ibn Manzur, The Muqaddimah ↔ Ibn Khaldun
💡 Al-Aghani is a literary encyclopedia by Abu al-Faraj, al-Iqd al-Farid is by Ibn Abd Rabbih al-Andalusi, Lisan al-Arab is by Ibn Manzur, and the Muqaddimah is by Ibn Khaldun.
Answer: Prince of Poets ↔ Ahmed Shawqi, Poet of the Nile ↔ Hafez Ibrahim, Poet of the Two Countries ↔ Khalil Mutran, Prisoner of Two Prisons ↔ Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri
💡 Shawqi was proclaimed Prince of Poets in 1927, Hafez was called the Poet of the Nile, Mutran the Poet of the Two Countries for his ties to Lebanon and Egypt, and al-Ma'arri the Prisoner of Two Prisons because of his blindness and staying in his home.
Answer: Mahmoud Sami al-Baroudi, then Ahmed Shawqi, then Hafez Ibrahim, then Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
💡 Al-Baroudi was born in 1839, Shawqi in 1868, Hafez Ibrahim in the early 1870s, and al-Sayyab in 1926.
Answer: Ibn al-Muqaffa', then Al-Jahiz, then Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani, then Al-Hariri
💡 Ibn al-Muqaffa' died around 142 AH, al-Jahiz in 255 AH, Badi' al-Zaman in 398 AH, and al-Hariri in 516 AH.
Answer: Imru' al-Qais, then Hassan ibn Thabit, then Jarir, then Al-Mutanabbi
💡 Imru' al-Qais is pre-Islamic, Hassan is a mukhadram who lived into Islam, Jarir is Umayyad, and al-Mutanabbi is Abbasid and died in 354 AH.
Answer: Lisan al-Arab, Al-Qamus al-Muhit, Al-Sihah
💡 Lisan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur, al-Qamus al-Muhit by al-Fayruzabadi and al-Sihah by al-Jawhari are dictionaries, while The Days is Taha Hussein's autobiography and the Maqamat are a prose genre.
Answer: Al-Khansa', Al-Hutay'a, Labid ibn Rabi'a
💡 A mukhadram is someone who lived in the pre-Islamic era and lived on into Islam, such as al-Khansa', al-Hutay'a and Labid, while Imru' al-Qais is pre-Islamic and al-Mutanabbi is Abbasid.
Answer: The Book of Misers (Al-Bukhala'), The Book of Animals (Al-Hayawan), Eloquence and Exposition (Al-Bayan wal-Tabyin)
💡 The Book of Misers, The Book of Animals and Eloquence and Exposition are among al-Jahiz's most famous books, while Kalila and Dimna is Ibn al-Muqaffa's translation and Enjoyment and Conviviality is by Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi.
Answer: Al-Harith ibn Hilliza, Amr ibn Kulthum, Tarafa ibn al-Abd
💡 Al-Harith ibn Hilliza, Amr ibn Kulthum and Tarafa are pre-Islamic poets of the Mu'allaqat, while Abu Tammam is Abbasid and al-Farazdaq is Umayyad.
Answer: False ✖
💡 Antarah was a pre-Islamic poet, one of the poets of the Mu'allaqat; he lived before Islam and was the knight of Banu Abs.
Answer: True ✔
💡 Al-Khansa' mourned her brothers Sakhr and Mu'awiya, with most of her poetry about Sakhr, and she became the most famous female elegy poet.
Answer: False ✖
💡 Muwashshahat began in al-Andalus and were known for their variety of rhymes and meters, then they moved to the East.
Answer: False ✖
💡 The first Arab to win the Nobel Prize in Literature was the novelist Naguib Mahfouz in 1988, while Tawfiq al-Hakim was the pioneer of intellectual drama.
Answer: True ✔
💡 Taha Hussein lost his sight as a child, then became one of the great figures of literature and criticism, and he told his life story in the book "The Days."
Answer: True ✔
💡 The book is built on a dialogue between King Dabshalim and the philosopher Bidpai, with wisdom told through animals; Kalila and Dimna are two jackals.
Answer: True ✔
💡 Al-Khalil arranged Al-Ayn phonetically according to where letters are pronounced in the mouth, and began it with the letter 'ayn, so it was named after it.
Answer: False ✖
💡 The line is by Ahmed Shawqi, the Prince of Poets, and it is one of the most famous things ever said in honor of the teacher.
Answer: Al-Nabigha al-Dhubyani
💡 Al-Nabigha al-Dhubyani was the judge of poets at Okaz; they presented their poems to him and he ranked them, and he was also famous for his poems of apology to al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir.
Answer: Al-Rumiyyat
💡 They were named "al-Rumiyyat" because he composed them in captivity among the Byzantines (al-Rum); in them he longs for his mother and homeland and reproaches his cousin Sayf al-Dawla.
Answer: The Pen League (al-Rabita al-Qalamiyya)
💡 The Pen League was founded in New York in 1920 with Gibran as its head, while the Andalusian League was in the southern diaspora in Brazil.
