Assadi (English) and Na'amneh (Arabic, both College of Sakhnin for Teacher Education) explore the tendency of modern Arabic poetry to summon Sufi figures, their philosophy and terms, and their
attitudes and practices. The modernist poets whose work they consider are Abdul Wahab al-Bayyati (1926-99), Ali Ahmad Said (Adonis) (1930-), Salah Abdu-s-Sabur (1931-81), and Mahmud Darwish
(1941-2008). They examine poems from the perspective of the essence of the Sufi character depicted and the thoughts and vocabulary of Sufism, and trace the destination of the modern Arab poet
through investing the Sufi world with its sacred characters. They have not indexed their study. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
