Assad Ali
Assad Ali (Arabic: أسعد علي; 5 April 1937 – 6 February 2026) was a Syrian professor of Arabic literature at the University of Damascus and prolific writer of contemporary Arabic poetry. He was also the founder and chairman of the World Union of Arabic Writers. His writings dealt extensively with spiritual topics, with particular emphasis on Islamic mysticism and the Sufi tradition. One collection of his poems,[1] Happiness without Death (1991), was published by Threshold Books in an English translation by Camille Helminski, Ibrahim Yahya Shihabi, and Kabir Helminski. Ali died on 6 February 2026, at the age of 88.[2]
References
- ^ ʻalī, Asʻad (1991). Happiness without death. ISBN 0939660393.
- ^ وفاة الأديب والباحث السوري أسعد علي (in Arabic)
- Seng, Yvonne L. (2008). Men in Black Dresses: A Quest for the Future Among Wisdom-Makers of the Middle East. Pocket Books. pp. 126–127, 147–152. ISBN 9781439104569. Retrieved 18 February 2026.