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Roger M.A. Allen
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Emeritus Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Author of The Arabic Literary Heritage, The Arabic Novel, and others.

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Al-Ḥākim Mosque
Islamic arts, literary, performing, and visual arts of the vast populations of the Islamic world from the 7th century onward. Adherents of Islam and those living in Islamic settings have created such an immense variety of literatures, performing arts, visual arts, and music that it virtually defies…
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