#diwan

Roop Dey Photography

April 2025

Noémie Merlant dans “Emmanuelle” d'Audrey Diwan - d'après le roman éponyme d'Emmanuelle Arsan (1959) - octobre 2024.

🇺🇸 Todros Ben Yehudah Halevi Abulafia (1247- ca. 1295) was a medieval Hebrew poet who lived and wrote in Toledo, Spain, during the second half of the 13th century. He was unique in that he was the only Jewish poet at the court of King Alfonso X "the Wise", who directly patronized him and to whom he dedicated several poems. Abulafia's life was marked by his assimilation into Christian society, his love for a dissolute life, and his fame as a womanizer. A diasporic poet, his poetry, influenced by Christian troubadours of his time, reflects both the Andalusian style of Hebrew poets and the literary tastes of medieval Spain. After the 1492 expulsion of Jews, Abulafia was virtually forgotten in Spain and was rediscovered in the 17th century when an Egyptian scribe copied his diwan (collection of poems), which passed through several hands before reaching scholar David Yellin. Abulafia's reception varied depending on cultural perspectives, with some considering him a literary genius and others dismissing him as a mediocre imitator. His poetry has been studied by figures like Moses Gaster, Saul Abdallah Yosef, and Jefim Schirmann, who interpreted his cosmopolitan style and relationship with Christian Spanish culture differently, depending on their own relationship with diaspora and homeland cultures.

Diwan QLD, 2023 website / instagram / blog

Hafiz Diwan dedicated to- the library of Pir Budaq copied by Shaykh Mahmud Pir Budaqi Iraq 1462

It already has the beginnings of the wattles on its neck. Nope, don't know what gender it is and I used a long lens to get these shots. These are birds you don't want to mess with. This one, with its father, walked through the camp site and then back into the rainforest. Diwan, Daintree National Park.

By Wahhab