[{"n": "Sadegh Hedayat", "u": "/e/part-1/sadegh-hedayat/", "s": "Iranian writer, translator, satirist, and poet; author of The Blind Owl."}, {"n": "Simin Daneshvar", "u": "/e/part-1/simin-daneshvar/", "s": "First major Iranian woman novelist and translator."}, {"n": "Taha Hussein", "u": "/e/part-1/taha-hussein/", "s": "Dean of Arabic Literature and Egyptian modernist intellectual"}, {"n": "Abd al-Rahman al-Majdoub", "u": "/e/part-1/abd-al-rahman-al-majdoub/", "s": "Moroccan poet and Sufi whose verses became proverbs."}, {"n": "Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz", "u": "/e/part-1/abdallah-ibn-al-mu-tazz/", "s": "Abbasid prince, poet, and one-day caliph."}, {"n": "Aboul-Qacem Echebbi", "u": "/e/part-1/aboul-qacem-echebbi/", "s": "Aboul-Qacem Echebbi was a Tunisian poet born on 24 February 1909 and died on 9 October 1934."}, {"n": "Adonis (poet)", "u": "/e/part-1/adonis-poet/", "s": "Syrian poet who revolutionized modern Arabic poetry."}, {"n": "Ahmed Fouad Negm", "u": "/e/part-1/ahmed-fouad-negm/", "s": "Egyptian vernacular poet whose revolutionary verse, sung by Sheikh Imam, made him a folk hero."}, {"n": "Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi", "u": "/e/part-1/al-akhtal-al-taghlibi/", "s": "Umayyad-era Christian Arab poet famed for panegyrics and satires."}, {"n": "Al-Farazdaq", "u": "/e/part-1/al-farazdaq/", "s": "7th-century Arab poet and orator of the Umayyad Caliphate."}, {"n": "Al-Hariri of Basra", "u": "/e/part-1/al-hariri-of-basra/", "s": "Elevated the maqama genre into a major literary form."}, {"n": "Al-Ma'arri", "u": "/e/part-1/al-ma-arri/", "s": "Arab philosopher, poet, and controversial rationalist of the Abbasid era."}, {"n": "Al-Mutanabbi", "u": "/e/part-1/al-mutanabbi/", "s": "Abbasid-era Arab poet known for his sharp wit and proverbial verse."}]