Assad Ali is a retired
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
n professor of
Arabic literature (formerly at the
University of Damascus) and prolific writer of contemporary Arabic poetry. He is also the founder and chairman of the
World Union of Arabic Writers. His writings deal extensively with spiritual topics, with particular emphasis on
Islamic mysticism and the
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
tradition. One collection of his poems,
''
Happiness without Death'' (1991), was published by
Threshold Books in an English translation by
Camille Helminski,
Ibrahim Yahya Shihabi, and Kabir Helminski.
References
External links
Mirror 12 (Personal Website)
Syrian poets
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