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The Making of the Arabs

Between Two Worlds

The City Victorious?

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The Power of the Word

New Knowledge for Old

Ways of Faith

The Shadow of the West

Building a Nation

Family Ties

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Arabs Now

The Arabs: A Living History

TV Series

197950m

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The Power of the Word

Season 1 · Episode 4

The ancient Arabic language, transplanted, with the spread of Islam, from the Arabian Peninsula to Europe and the borders of China, remains the pivot of Arab culture today. Arabic, the language of the Quran, is the sacred language for all Muslims and has played a major role in shaping and maintaining Arab society. Poetry remains the forum for political debate, and major poets attract thousands to hear them recite their latest works. In the words of our writer, Khalida Said: “Poetry is the best witness to our crisis it’s our creative response to these bad times.” Paradoxically, war-torn Lebanon’s a meeting place of contemporary intellectual thought in the Arab world; still the publishing centre, still a refuge for poets, painters and novelists form troubled Arab lands; “the capital of the Arabs’ deepest wounds”.

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The Arabs: A Living History

TV Series

197950m

Documentary

Now playing

The Power of the Word

Season 1 · Episode 4

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