Although Khayyam did consider himself a poet, he is much better known as a poet since English poet Edward FitzGerald was the first person who introduced this Persian genius to the world as a poet. Few ...

Entitled “Lines Without Borders,” the exhibit showcases the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in both Persian and Latin scripts, ISNA reported on Sunday. The Persian section has been crafted by Parisa ...

Indeed Anees was taunting his literary opponents who, so he thought, used to take ideas from his poetry and present them as their own. Here the word mazameen, plural of Arabic word mazmoon, has been ...

There is something truly magnificent about poetry and literature in any language. One could say poetry is language in its most exalted form, where words’ every conceivable and unfathomable ...

Omar Khayyam is considered a giant of Persian poetry. His poems have been part of Iran's school curriculum for years. Yet students will reportedly no longer be able to read his rubaiyat in textbooks ...

Dubai: Poetry knows no boundaries, as its feeling and essence reaches its audience regardless of language. This is the impression established at a night organised to pay tribute to some big names that ...

A TASTE for Oriental poetry — or such quality of it as drips through the sieve of English translation — is, I fancy, an acquired taste. Those who have made a close study of Eastern literature in this ...