Marwa and al-Majnun al-Faransi

Marwah wa al-Majūn al-Faransi (Arabic: مروة و المجنون الفرنسي) is a classical Middle Eastern love story.

It is based on the legend of a young man named Shams al Faransy (Arabic: شمس الفرنسي بن الصحارى) from Central Asia, born during the 14th century.

He was most probably born in Afghanistan, but lived in Spain, in Andalucia as a disciple of famous Arab philosophers in the tradition of Averroes, in Morocco, Egypt and parts of Africa.

He continued his travels and fell in love with Marwa bint Ahmad on his trip back to Spain, while he was in Cairo.

His observations on the flight of his dove and of a desert Eagle led him to write poems on flying and dreams of taking Marwa in the air with him.