Hamid Dabashi
Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York, where he is a founding member of its Institute for Comparative Literature and Society. He is the author of over 25 books and focuses on the social and intellectual history of Islam, both medieval and modern. Among his most recent books are The World of Persia Literary Humanism (2014); Can Non-Europeans Think? (2015); Persophilia: Persian Culture on the Global Scene (2015...See more
Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York, where he is a founding member of its Institute for Comparative Literature and Society. He is the author of over 25 books and focuses on the social and intellectual history of Islam, both medieval and modern. Among his most recent books are The World of Persia Literary Humanism (2014); Can Non-Europeans Think? (2015); Persophilia: Persian Culture on the Global Scene (2015); Iran without Borders: Towards a Critique of the Postcolonial Nation (2016); Iran: Rebirth of a Nation (2017); The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature (2019); The Last Muslim Intellectual: The Life and Legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad (2021). He is a globally recognised critical thinker on contemporary affairs and a regular columnist for Aljazeera. See less
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The Adventures of Amir Hamza: Lord of the Auspicious Planetary Conjunction
As good as the Arabian Nights
by nfrodom, May 20, 2010
Here's a little-known gem -- a series of connected tales, much like the Arabian Nights from that part of the world. This collection is as rich, hilarious, tragic, and fascinating as the more -famous ... Read More
