A blog on Arabic poetry: its meters, rhyme letters, themes and eras, and the tools for searching Arabic verse.https://blog.raaqim.orgenhttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/best-arabic-poetry-websiteshttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/best-arabic-poetry-websitesA review of the main sites offering Arabic poetry online, compared on size, precision of classification, search quality and reading experience.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/how-to-find-arabic-poemhttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/how-to-find-arabic-poemPractical routes to an Arabic poem from whatever you still have — half a line, a rhythm, a rhyme letter, a subject or an era — why Arabic search so often fails, and how to get around it.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/al-muallaqathttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/al-muallaqatThe seven great odes of pre-Islamic Arabia — their poets, opening lines, meters and rhymes — why they are called the Hanging Poems, and whether they ever hung on the Kaaba at all.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/most-prolific-arabic-poetshttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/most-prolific-arabic-poetsArabic poets ranked by surviving output, and the gap it exposes — al-Mutanabbi sits 68th, Imru al-Qays 266th, and the most celebrated names are nowhere near the top.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/arabic-poetry-erashttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/arabic-poetry-erasThe six literary eras of Arabic poetry — pre-Islamic, Islamic, Umayyad, Abbasid, Andalusian and late — where each begins and ends, what its poetry sounds like, and who wrote it.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/arabic-poetry-themeshttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/arabic-poetry-themesThe classical themes of Arabic verse — praise, elegy, satire, love, reproach, asceticism, wisdom and valour — what each one is, who wrote it best, and how much surviving poetry belongs to each.Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/arabic-rhyme-lettershttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/arabic-rhyme-lettersWhat the qafiya and the rawi are, how a poem is named after its rhyme letter, and every rhyme letter in Arabic ranked by how often poets actually used it.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/arabic-poetry-metershttps://blog.raaqim.org/en/posts/arabic-poetry-metersThe sixteen classical meters of Arabic verse, the feet that build each one, a four-step method for scanning any line, and how many surviving poems use each meter.Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT