30 Antara bin Shaddad. It was more of a tale, which I quite enjoyed, despite its broad stretches of imagination. “The 1001 Nights” (Arabian Nights) was a great book of fantasy and imagination. However, its content included many promiscuous tales. As I read the book, I crossed out many sections, deciding to narrate those heavily edited stories myself to the students, my neighbors, and my household members. “The Shawqiyyat” by the great Prince of Poets, Ahmed Shawqi, was a compilation of his lifetime poetic compositions. I felt my uncle needed this book more than I did, as he himself was a poet.
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