3. SAUDI ARABIA
It is found in the Middle East between the Persian Gulf and
the Red Sea
It boarders Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait to the “NORTH”
Yemen to the “SOUTH”
Oman, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar is “EAST”
4. SAUDI ARABIA
95% of their Land is DESSERT
The Capital is located in the central eastern part of
“RIYADH”
Arabs is originated in the descendants of
“indigenous tribes and lived along Persian Gulf
Coast
9. TYPE OF MUSLIM
SHITE
It has only 10-60%
SUNNI
It is the highest form of Muslims ranging 80%
SUFIS
Admits that they experienced God
BAHA
Are the modern Muslim
10. MAJOR TYPE OF MUSLIM
SECULARIST
FUNDAMENTALIST
A
B
C
11. SECULARIST
Those who do not know the Contents of Qur’an
MODERATES
They try to reconcile and contradict verses of Qur’an
Who extremely apply the thought they got out from Qur’an
FUNDAMENTALIST
15. Arabic Literature is rich and varied, mostly made
of
Poems
Anecdote
s
Tales
Historical Account
Romances
Philosophie
s
16. I do not resemble your other lovers, my lady
should another give you a cloud
I give you rain
Should he give you a lantern,
I will give you the moon
Should he give you a branch
I will give you the trees
And if another gives you a ship
I shall give you the journey.
LOVE COMPARED
Nizar Qabb
17. Arabic Literature
QASIDAHS / ELABORATED
ODES
It reflects and praise the customs and values of the desert
environment which they arose.
ORALLY
Arabs possessed a highly develop poetry transmitted orally
from generation to generation.
18. Arabic Literature
QURAN
The written literature, began to be known with the
collection of QURAN, the sacred book of Islam.
114 “suras” or chapters & 6,236 “ayat” or verses
ISLAM
The World Second Largest Religion.
ALLAH
Allah is the standard Arabic word for God and is used by Arabic-
speaking Christians and Jews as well as by Muslims.
19. Arabic Literature
QUR’AN
There are 114 Surahs in the Quran, each divided into
verses. The chapters or suras are of unequal length; the
shortest chapter (Al-Kawthar) has only three ayat (verses)
while the longest (Al-Baqara) contains 286 verses.
29. Arabic Literature
MUHAMMAD
He is known as the Holy Prophet to Muslim
RAMADAN
The holiest season marks fasting
JIHAD
Holy War between Christians and Muslims.
34. UMAYYAD PERIOD ( A.D. 661 - 750
)
Arabic prose was limited primarily to
grammatical treatises, commentaries
on the Quran and the compiling of
stories about Mohammed and his
companions.
36. UMAYYAD PERIOD ( A.D. 661 - 750
)
GHAZALS or love lyric, wine songs and
hunting poems rose during this
period.These describes the conditions
and manners found in places conquered
by Islam.
38. ABBASID PERIOD ( A.D. 750 - 1258
)
Regarded as the “Greatest Period of
Development and Achievement”.
ADAB, an Arabic prose sprinkled with poetry and
utilized rhyme prose known as “saj”
The style of Koran came to existence
39. ABBASID PERIOD ( A.D. 750 - 1258
)
Arabian Nights or The Thousand and
One Nights
Contains inventive type of folk
literature,
which based on the recitation of rawis.
40. ABBASID PERIOD ( A.D. 750 - 1258
)
Richard Francis Burton
- he translated the One
Thousand and One Night to
English Version.
43. MODERN PERIOD ( 19TH CENTURY -
PRESENT)
Arabic Literature declined during the
Ottoman Turkish domination, however the
Renaissance Period took place, so then
Arabs revived their classical genres and
they came into contact to Western
Literature and Civilization.
44. MODERN PERIOD ( 19TH CENTURY -
PRESENT)
The 20th Century witnessed the real
birth of modern Arabic Literature.
Short story and Novel came to being
in this period.
45. MODERN PERIOD ( 19TH CENTURY -
PRESENT)
Nahdah - means “reawakening”
Saj or Rhymed Prose - most striking
characteristics feature of Arabic Prose
