Three SÉANCES/ H. M. Al-Rayes
Three Séances H. M. Al-Rayes [A séance, or “maqāmah” in Arabic, also translated as “assembly,” is a form of poetic prose invented by Badi’ Al-Zamān Al-Hamadāni in the tenth century and developed most famously by Al-Ḥarīrī in the eleventh century CE. It combines rhymes and rhythms, often mixed with traditional verse, to narrate a sort […]
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