Farid ed-Din Attar (ca. 1140-ca. 1234) was a Persian poet and Sufi mystic. Living during a turbulent era of political uncertainty, he turned inward, exploring the realm of God and paths to Him through mystical poetry. Little about Attar is known with...

ʿAṬṬĀR, FARĪD AL-DĪN (c. 1158–1229 CE) was the most important Ṣūfī poet of the twelfth century, the central figure in the famous trio of Persian Ṣūfī poets...

Attar, Attār, or Attâr may refer to: People Attar Singh, Fijian trade unionist of Indian descent Bachir Attar, leader of Master Musicians of Jajouka Chaim ibn Attar (1696-1743), Moroccon rabbi, Talmudist and kabbalist Farid al-Din Attar...

An Egyptian charged with spying for Israel pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial on Saturday and claimed he had confessed under torture, a court official said.Mohammed el-Attar, who also holds Canadian citizenship, was arrested on Jan. 1 as he returned from abroad...

An Egyptian-Canadian man accused of spying for Israel said Wednesday he confessed because he was tortured with electric shocks and his lawyer urged the court to throw out the confession.Mohammed el-Attar, 30, is on trial in the State Security Emergency Court, and has pleaded not...

An engineer from the Egypt's nuclear agency stole documents and gave them to the Israel's Mossad intelligence service in exchange for $17,000, a prosecutor said Tuesday, announcing the man's arrest on espionage charges. The engineer's family denied the accusations.State security prosecutor Hisham Badawi announced that...

An Egyptian-Canadian man was convicted Saturday of spying for Israel and sentenced to 15 years in prison, with the judge accusing him of selling "his country and himself to the devil."The case, like another espionage accusation earlier this week against an engineer who worked for...