Ibn Arabi's Small Death By Mohammed Hasan Alwan, Translated by William M. Hutchins
A sweeping and inventive work of historical fiction that chronicles the life of the great Sufi master and philosopher Ibn Arabi.
Known in the West as “Rumi’s teacher,” Ibn Arabi was a poet and mys�c who proclaimed that love was his religion. Born in twel�h-century Spain during the Golden Age of Islam, Ibn Arabi traveled thousands of miles from Andalusia to distant Azerbaijan, passing through Morocco, Egypt, the Hijaz, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey on a journey of discovery both physical and spiritual. Witness to the wonders and cruel�es of his age, exposed to the poli�cal rule of four empires, Ibn Arabi wrote masterworks on mys�cism that profoundly influenced the world. Alwan’s fic�onalized first-person narra�ve, wri�en from the perspec�ve of Ibn Arabi himself, breathes vivid life into a celebrated and polarizing figure.
Mohammed Hasan Alwan is a Saudi novelist with a PhD from Carleton University. He is the author of four previous novels, including al-Qundus (The Beavers), which was shortlisted for the IPAF in 2013 and won the Arab World Ins�tute’s Prix de la Li�érature Arabe. William M. Hutchins is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. He is an award-winning translator, best known for his transla�on of the Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz.
CMES Emerging Voices from the Middle East
University of Texas Press | February 2022 | 9781477324301 | 426pp | £25.99 | PB
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