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10 stories · Advanced 2 (C2)
You are close to fluency and want the depth and beauty of classical-style writing.
- ابْنُ خَلْدُونَ: الْمُؤَرِّخُ الَّذِي سَأَلَ «لِمَاذَا؟»Ibn Khaldun: The Historian Who Asked “Why?”
- الْمُتَنَبِّي: بَيْتٌ قَتَلَ صَاحِبَهُAl-Mutanabbi: The Verse That Killed Its Poet
- التَّرْجَمَةُ: خِيَانَةٌ أَمْ جِسْرٌ؟Translation: Betrayal or Bridge?
- زِرْيَابُ: الطَّائِرُ الْأَسْوَدُ الَّذِي غَيَّرَ قُرْطُبَةَZiryab: The Blackbird Who Changed Córdoba
- الْعَرَبِيَّةُ فِي زَمَنِ الشَّاشَاتِArabic in the Age of Screens
- مَنْسَا مُوسَى وَقَافِلَةُ الذَّهَبِMansa Musa and the Caravan of Gold
- ابْنُ الْخَطِيبِ وَالطَّاعُونُIbn al-Khatib and the Plague
- السَّاعَةُ الَّتِي تَوَقَّفَتْThe Clock That Stopped
- ابْنُ النَّفِيسِ وَالْحَقِيقَةُ الْمَنْسِيَّةُIbn al-Nafis and the Forgotten Truth
- وَخَيْرُ جَلِيسٍ فِي الزَّمَانِ كِتَابُAnd the Best Companion Is a Book
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English translation
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Questions
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