Sufi or not Sufi? Was Shakespeare a Muslim?
A season of lectures and readings celebrates Islam Awareness Week at famous London theater
By Ali Jaafar
Special to The Daily Star
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
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There's an old joke about William Shakespeare being an Arab - how else, it explains, can you account for the name, Sheikh Zubair. Certainly the playwright's preoccupation with despotic leaders, times of civil unrest and bloodshed fit in perfectly with the tempestuous nature of contemporary Arab politics.
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