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  • Histories
    • Jul 1, 2018 A book only a pedant could love
    • Apr 15, 2018 Praising and killing
    • Feb 14, 2018 Writing on the wall
  • In translation
    • May 22, 2018 Abu Nuwas, wine, and woe: a new translation
  • Lughawi
    • Feb 18, 2018 Con Air, and why we write
  • Mother Tongue
    • Jun 30, 2019 A Dog's Tail is Never Straight
    • Jul 11, 2018 Deadly fruits, pt. 1
    • Jan 26, 2018 Common words and different
  • Out of context
    • Jan 12, 2020 Woven air
    • Aug 17, 2019 The Christian Fig
    • Aug 8, 2018 God, ants, and circuitous destruction
    • Jul 27, 2018 The slave of a sheikh
    • Jun 21, 2018 The nobility of sugar
    • Jun 11, 2018 Knockin’ on heaven’s door
    • May 28, 2018 Potsherds and preparation
    • Apr 16, 2018 Parting as birds do
    • Mar 8, 2018 The moon and the stars
  • Redefined
    • Aug 18, 2018 To journey
    • Mar 17, 2018 ṭāwūs
    • Jan 30, 2018 bāšara
    • Jan 28, 2018 tabalwūr
    • Jan 26, 2018 ṭarab
  • The poem
    • Feb 24, 2018 Vagabond poetry
 

وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا

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