The Mutanabbi: Poetry as Philosophy
In the bustling heart of the 10th-century Abbasid Caliphate, a figure emerged whose words would echo through the ages, shaping not just Arabic literature but the very way people contemplated life, fate, and ambition. His name was Abu al-Tayyib Ahmad ibn Al-Husayn, but the world knows him as Al-Mutanabbi – “The One Who Claims to … Read more