Majnun

The information center's statement added that Shahrestani had not meant to name Majnun, but rather another oil field - Abu Gharb - which Iraq and Iran share.

Iraq Updates - Latest News 2009

The Palestinian, UAE, USA and Dutch co-production Habibi (Habibi Rasak Kharban) instead re-casts the popular 9th century love epic Majnun Layla (Mad for Layla) and re-sets it in modern day Gaza.

E. Nina Rothe: TIFF 2011: The Tunisian Brando, Ewan McGregor in Yemen and Ryan Gosling E. Nina Rothe 2011

The name Layla comes from an ancient Arabic love poem—Layla and the Majnun.

Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011

The name Layla comes from an ancient Arabic love poem—Layla and the Majnun.

Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011

Inspired by both magical realism and the classical Arab epic "Layla and Majnun," it's a love story that offers a moving indictment of the prejudices against female offspring in modern Pakistan.

Tales of Love and Gore 2010

Iran also has said that it will have a say in Iraq's mega field Majnun, which may contain 30 billion barrels of oil — a rival to Saudi Arabia's larger field.

Archive 2008-05-04 papabear 2008

In Iranian literature, love is usually portrayed as a hazardous, painful, and dangerous condition: in the great Persian epic Layla and Majnun, Majnun is driven mad by his love for Layla, and ends up dying wasted, starving, and insane.

India: The Place of Sex Dalrymple, William 2008

A scene from the romance of Layla and Majnun, as depicted by the painter Dharmadasa in the Emperor Akbar's "Khamsa," 1597-98.

Saturday, December 31, 2005 As'ad 2005

A scene from the romance of Layla and Majnun, as depicted by the painter Dharmadasa in the Emperor Akbar's "Khamsa," 1597-98.

Sunday, December 04, 2005 As'ad 2005

Hatim, the justice of Omar, and the purity of Laila and Majnun under circumstances more trying than aught chronicled in Mathilde, or in the newest American novel.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003