Author: Qaddumi, Hudá al-Shawwa
Title: The Birds' Journey to Mount Qaf / Hooda Shawa Qaddumi
Description: London, Saqi Books, 2006. orig.boards, dustwrapper. 28x28cm, 46 pp. Original illustrations by Vanessa Hodgkinson. Weighs 900 grams.. ISBN: 0863564437. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Based on the masterful twelfth-century Sufi poem, [Farid uddin al-Attar’s Mantiq at-Tayr] 'The Conference of the Birds', this enchanting poem is accompanied by original illustrations painted on ceramic tiles, typical of the Medieval Persian style.

Keywords: 0863564437 Islamic Mysticism, Sufi Poetry, Sufism, Mystical Islam, Literature, Literary Histyory, , ,