Download or read book Transcending Traditions . Thurayya al-Baqsami – a creative Compilation – Poetry, Prose and Paint written by Barbara Michalak-Pikulska and published by Wydawnictwo UJ. This book was released on 2009 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transcending Traditions. Thurayya Al-Baqsami. A Creative Compilation - Poetry, Prose and Paint is an attempt to systemise Thurayya AI-Baqsami's literary creativity as well as examining the significance of her artistic work. Barbara Michalak-Pikulska is the Head of the Arabic Department of the Institute of Oriental Philology of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She obtained her Ph.D. in Arabic Literature from the Jagiellonian University in 1994 and now she is professor of modern Arabic Literature.