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Riwāyah al-ʻArabīyah Arabic fiction
- Alaa Al Aswany
- Writing the revolution. Egypt’s leading novelist surveys the Arab uprising [PROFILE of Egyptian novelist Alaa Al Aswany] by Wendell Steavenson. The New Yorker. January 16, 2012
- Bint al-Shatt
- Haydar Haydar
- Taqrir Lajnat Fahs Riwayat "Walimah li-Ashab al-Bahr" (al-Hayat 5/11/2000) ARABIC--[PDF]
- Interview with Haydar Haydar (al-Hayat 5/11/2000) [PDF])
- Ajwa' tudhakkir bi-maqtal Fudah wa-muhawalat ightiyal Najib Mahfuz [Atmosphere Reminds of Fudah's Assassination and Attempt on Life of Najib Mahfuz] (al-Hayat 5/18/2000: p.5 [PDF])
- "Walimah li-Ashab al-Bahr" ... Ala wajh al-kitabah al-riwaiyah / Waddah Shararah
- Raja al-Naqqash Yafdah al-Alaqah Bayna "Dhakirat al-Jasad wa-al-"Walimah" [Ahlam Mustaghanimi 7& Haydar Haydar] (al-Hayat 3/4/2001: p. 16)
- Sonallah Ibrahim
- Suhayl Idris
- Dossier in al-Âdâb (2008)
- In Memoriam: Suheil Idriss (1925-2008) Founder of Al Adab ‘moved the waters’ of Arab Literature / By Mahmoud Saeed (This essay appears in Al Jadid, Vol. 15, no. 60 (2009))
- Banipal (UK) - Contributors - Suhail Idriss
- Abdo Khal ['Abduh Khāl]
- Saudi Arabian writer Abdo Khal wins International prize for Arabic fiction (Abdo Khal's satirical Saudi Arabian novel Spewing Sparks as Big as Castles wins $60,000 'Arabic Booker') / guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 3 March 2010.
- Who are the ‘Arabic Booker’ Nominees? Abdo Khal
- Is the Arab world ready for a reading revolution? (Abdo Khal's 'Arabic Booker'-winning novel is effectively banned in his native Saudi Arabia. But he says a new generation of readers is seeking out his work)
- Najib Mahfuz
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Naguib Mahfouz, a Bibliography: Arabic, English, French.
- A Brief Guide to Naguib Mahfouz and Modern Arabic Prose
- The Mahfouz Dialogs by Gamal al-Ghitani / Humphrey Davies
- NOBEL LECTURE, December 8, 1988 by NAGUIB MAHFOUZ (Read at the Swedish Academy by Mr. Mohammed Salmawy (first in Arabic, then in English)
- Naguib Mahfouz - Bibliography (nobelprize.org)
- Egypt's Revolution Foreseen in Fiction : "BEFORE THE THRONE" BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ / Raymond Stock (Foreign Policy Research Institute, May 10, 2011).
- Ninetieth birthday: Interviews, Essays, etc. ---------PT. 1 (al-Hayat 12/5/2001) ARABIC--[PDF]
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- Naguib Mahfouz / The AUC Library [video]
- Cruelty of memory : To have taken history not only seriously but also literally is the central achievement of Mahfouz's work, argues Edward Said (Al-Ahram Weekly Online,13 - 19 December 2001, Issue No.564)
- A Cairo Storyteller With Time to Dream (The New York Times, September 16, 2002)
- Lexical Cohesion in the Translated Novels of Naguib Mahfouz: the Evidence from The Thief and the Dogs.
- Abd al-Rahman Munif
- Novelist Abd al-Rahman Munif dies / al Jazeera, 24 January 2004
- Abd al-Rahman Munif (misc. essays about him) / al-Hayat, Saturday, 25 January, 2004, p. 16 [PDF-ARABIC]
- Abd al-Rahman Munif fi al-Riwayah al-Arabiyah / Antwan Al-Maqdisi, al-Hayat, 26 January, 2004, p. 16 [PDF-ARABIC]
- Farewell to Munif A Patriarch of Arab Literature By TARIQ ALI (January 31 / February 1, 2004, CounterPunch)
- Ameen Fares Rihani [Amin al-Rayhani]
- The book of Khalid
- Project Khalid
- The Book of Khalid can be read online at Project Gutenberg & Here Gutenberg
- Arab-American literature/English and Arabic
- For Writer Ameen Rihani, A Postscript and An Introduction (Washington Post, Monday, April 22, 2002; Page C01)
- The book of Khalid
- الطيب صالحTayyib Salih*i*
- Ali Salim
- Muhammad Shukri
- AL-Hayat (London), Special on Muhammad Shukri, 2003/11/17. p. 18 [PDF-ARABIC]
- "Muhammad Shukri Yarhal 'An 64 Sanah" = Muhammad Shukri, 64, Passes Away / AL-Hayat (London), 2003/11/17
- "Muhammad Shukri Yarhal Tarikan Adab al-Fadihah Zahirah Faridah" = Muhammad Shukri Dead, Leaving Scandal Literature A Unique Phenomenon / AL-Hayat (London), 2003/11/17
- Ibrahim, Sun'allah
- Briefing for an Inquisition / By Robert Irwin [Review of THE COMMITTEE]
Literature Prizes * جوائز أدبية
Man Booker International prize: Jokha Alharthi wins for Celestial Bodies [Also: Jokha Al Harthi jokha.com/ About me · Novels · Short Stories News] Jokha ALharthi 2019
الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية
عن الجائزة
The annual International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is given to a novel in Arabic which IPAF's judges consider to be the best of that year. The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), modelled on the internationally acclaimed Man Booker Prize, is the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world. Its aim is to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic creative writing and to encourage the readership of high quality Arabic literature internationally through the translation and publication of winning and shortlisted novels in other major languages.
الفلسطيني ربعي المدهون يفوز بالجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية «بوكر» 2016
April 26, 2016
لندن- «القدس العربي»: توّجت رواية «مصائر»: كونشرتو الهولوكوست والنكبة»، للفلسطيني ربعي المدهون، أمس الثلاثاء، بالجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية «بوكر» 2016، وقيمتها 50 ألف دولار أمريكي، إضافة إلى ترجمة العمل للغة الإنكليزية.
Video Presentations
Tayeb Salih الطيب صالح; 12 July 1929 – 18 February 2009
Arabic Graphic Novel * روايات مصورة عربية
روايات مصورة عربية
Arab Graphic Novels and Comics from the Middle East - Goodreads
Nineteen graphic novels set in the Middle East - The National
10 Graphic Novels From & About The Arab World — afikra | عفكرة
Five of the best Arab comic and graphic novels
Middle East and Maghreb Graphic Novels - Goodreads
The Apartment in Bab El-Louk
“How similar yet different we all are.”A blue door graces the front cover of the graphic novel, The Apartment in Bab el-Louk, written by Donia Maher and illustrated by Ganzeer. It earned the title the’ noir of Arab graphic novels.’ The novel has been described as a “fabulous noir poem,” and it is unique because it doesn’t fit any narrative styles or genre norms (?). The artist chose to focus more on art and on little details, the glossy pages of the novel features aesthetic portraits of everyday Cairo.
“In just 84 pages, downtown Cairo comes to life in all its messy glory.” (Bookblast).
The novel is revealing it gives readers an intimate look inside apartment Bab el-Louk. Right in the middle of Downtown Cairo where one can easily forget each other, caught in the bustle and roaring of the busy city there is a stillness in each apartment, a recluse from the outside world (a refugee from the outside).
As readers flip through the pages of the novel, they are introduced to a new apartment with new strangers (each page is a new apartment with new strangers) and get an inside look on their private world. It almost feels like prying. The intimacy is meant to offer a new perspective that despite our close proximity we are world apart. The apartments are personal and each item is an expression of the resident’s character, personality. and life experiences. Though the items are the same, every person that uses it is different and has their own unique story. The novel is a reminder of how we tend to forget that those around us are like us, they are human too.
Surprisingly, the novel was published as an experiment and won the Kahil Award for Best Graphic Novel in 2015. The novel is an immersive experience as the beauty of Cairo is presented to readers on glossy pages and aesthetic portraits, exploring the city’s richness, from the rich to the poor, to the young and the old.
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
How does it feel to be unwanted, to have no home or future, nowhere to turn to? Syrian refugees are caught between two harsh realities, having no home and feeling like they don’t belong. The novel is a must read its as if you are walking in their shoes. After escaping war and losing everything Syrians must deal with the mental and physical toll of war. There is the mental strain of invisibility, being casted aside and ignored, feeling unwanted, and having been forced to leave their home, combined with the physical toll of fleeing day to day, traveling long distances, starving, suffering from sleep deprivation and exhaustion. These are some examples they had to deal with, having travelled from their turmoiled home to a safer one. Where can Syrian Refugees go to for help if no one wants to offer a lending hand.
This graphic novel was published in 2018, at the height of the Syrian refugee crisis. Syrians at the time were dealing with the world turning their backs on them, at first they were welcomed with open arms but the problems of overpopulation, funding, resources and a growing resentment of natives dealing with a never-ending flood of people overtook the beginning sentiments of compassion, and willingness to help. Europeans and North Americans were blinded by fear and politics and the resentment and hostility began to bubble towards Syrian refugees in their homeland. Slowly refugees began to feel unwanted and like a problem.
The graphic novel is a gold mine because it is “shining a light on the stories of the survivors,” they are more than refugees but humans. The readers are given an intimate look on how does it feel to be a refugee, especially a Syrian refugee at the height of global media attention, and an ever- growing hate.
Where to, Marie?
This graphic novel is a must-read, it stresses an important topic of women in Lebanon and their plight against sexism and fight for equality. The women in the novel are not in favor of westernization but to be liberated in their own way, to be liberated the Lebanese way. They yearn to be free of sexism but without losing their Arab identity claiming that feminism is not a western ideology, but is “indigenous to Arab society.”
The stories are refreshing and it is a new perspective on the plight of women, not what we think Arab women go through, but what they actually go through. The novel focuses on the life of the stories of 5 fictional characters and the stories are based on research done between 2010- 2015, a collection of personal stories of Lebanese women from different generations.
The novel also offers a fresh perspective on the Lebanese civil war and its effect on women. The novel is intense as it is aesthetic, showing the real complexity of issues told by women and not men. Each woman offers a unique perspective on what’s it like being a female in Lebanon as they share their values, perceptions on Lebanese society and their opinion on Arab norms, culture, and customs.
Only in Dubai: An Essential Guide to the Emirate’s Expats
The graphic novel Only in Dubai: An Essential Guide to the Emirate’s Expats, sheds light on the life for expiates living in Dubai. There is more to Dubai than meets the eye, it is more than its luxury, it is more about its people, culture, and different way of living. Each expat shares their personal story of what its like living in this man-made desert city. The novel entertains its audience with different experiences, expats who love Dubai and those that don’t and it is twenty chapters of pure bliss, comedy and authenticity.
Poppies of Iraq
Poppies of Iraq, is a graphic novel detailing the life of an orthodox Christian family growing up in Saddam era Iraq. This graphic novel is an intimate account, offering sparing details of the main character’s childhood and what it was like living as a Christian in Iraq. The main character illuminates the readers on everyday life, from its cultural practices, education system, to its treatment of Orthodox Christians. Saddam’s regime, becoming oppressive over time, changed the life for not only her and her family but millions as the country shifted from a secular country with years of peaceful co-existence between faiths and peoples, to a country riddled with sectarian fighting. With Iraq’s stability falling down the rabbit hole and worsening as separatist fighters are hung in public, she is forced her family to leave with her family.
After her family escape to Paris, author Brigitte feels lost and she feeling like she doesn’t belong in Paris. Having feeling estranged in her homeland and not feeling like she belongs in her new land, she is forced to find meaning in a home that is not her own.
The Arab of the Future = L’Arabe du futur
The Arab of the Future, L’Arabe du futur, is an award-winning graphic novel written and drawn by French- Syrian Riad Sattoufm. It is a memoire, (detailed narrative of life under Arab dictators),, an intimate illustration of Sattouf’s childhood to his adult life, 1970s-1990s. Having grown up in France, Libya, and Syria he recounts the feelings he had from each country.
His father calls him Arab of the future, raising his son with ideals in hopes of becoming a better Arab. In his childhood, he travels from Syria, to Libya, to France, and back again to Syria. He must deal with the frustrations of being half white and half Syrian; him being a kid with blonde hair gets him bullied by other children. Throughout his personal journey, he grew up with two clashing ideals, French secular ones and Arab conservatism. He witnessed first hand the oppression of people from authoritarian governments.
Throughout the novel, symbolism is pertinent, and the author uses colors to represent meaning. The color red symbolizes anything dangerous or violent, and any speech that is loud. Non-verbal noises are green. What is odd is certain countries mean specific colors, France is blue, Libya is yellow, Syria is pink.
The graphic novel has garnered international attention and has been translated into sixteen languages. The book focuses on his father, his change from an idealist to authoritarian, and his changing perception from young Sattouf to older Sattouf. The novel is a journey of how life’s event has shifted his perception and ideals.
Anthologies * Collections
Modern Arabic Short Stories : a bilingual reader by
Designed as a reader for intermediate students of Arabic and those who may wish to broaden their appreciation of leading Middle Eastern writers, this collection features stories in both Arabic and English translation. Prefaced by an author biography plus notes on context and background, each story is followed by a glossary and discussion of problematic language points. Authors include Naguib Mahfouz, Edwar al-Kharrat, Hanan al-Shaykh, Layla al-Uthman, and Mohamed Choukri. Ronak Husni is a senior lecturer at Heriot-Watt University, teaching Arabic language, literature, and translation. Daniel L. Newman is the course director of the MA in Arabic/English Translation at the University of Durham and the author of An Imam in Paris (Saqi Books).
ISBN: 9780863564369Publication Date: 2008-06-01
Classical Arabic Stories by
Short fiction was an immensely innovative art in the medieval Arab world, providing the perfect vehicle for transmitting dazzling images of life and experiences as early as pre-Islamic times. These works also speak to the urbanization of the Arab domain after Islam, mirroring the bustling life of the Muslim Arabs and Islamized Persians and reflecting the sure stamp of an urbanity that had settled very staunchly after big conquests. All the noises and voices of the Umayyads and Abbasids are here. One can taste the flavor of Abbasid food, witness the rise of slave girls and singers, and experience the pride of state. Reading these texts today illuminates the wide spectrum of early Arab life and suggests the influences and innovations that flourished so vibrantly in medieval Arab society. The only resource of its kind, Salma Khadra Jayyusi's Classical Arabic Stories selects from an impressive corpus, including excerpts from seven seminal works: Ibn Tufail's novel, Hayy ibn Yaqzan; Kalila wa Dimna by Ibn al-Muqaffa; The Misers by al-Jahiz; The Brethren of Purity's The Protest of Animals Against Man; Al-Maqamat (The Assemblies) by al-Hamadhani and al-Hariri; Epistle of Forgiveness by al-Ma'arri; and the epic romance, Sayf Bin Dhi Yazan. Jayyusi organizes her anthology thematically, beginning with a presentation of pre-Islamic tales, stories of rulers and other notables, and thrilling narratives of danger and warfare. She follows with tales of love, religion, comedy, and the strange and the supernatural. Long assumed to be the lesser achievement when compared to Arabic literature's most celebrated genre-poetry-classical Arabic fiction, under Jayyusi's careful eye, finally receives a proper debut in English, demonstrating its unparalleled contribution to the evolution of medieval literature and its sophisticated representation of Arabic culture and life.
ISBN: 9780231149228Publication Date: 2010-11-02
Arabic Stories for Language Learners: traditional Middle Eastern tales in Arabic and English by
Arabic Stories for Language Learners--a language learning experience for beginner to intermediate students of the Arabic language. The traditional stories of a country are invaluable at providing insight into understanding the culture, history and language of a people. A great way to learn Arabic, the sixty-six stories found inArabic Stories for Language Learners present the vocabulary and grammar used every day in Arabic-speaking countries. Pulled from a wide variety of sources that have been edited and simplified for learning purposes, these stories are presented in parallel Arabic and English, facilitating language learning in the classroom and via self-study. Each story is followed by a series of questions in Arabic and English to test comprehension and encourage discussion. Arabic Stories for Language Learners brings Arab culture to life colorfully and immediately. Regardless of whether or not you have a working knowledge of Arabic, this book gives readers a tantalizing introduction to the wisdom and humor of these ancient desert-dwelling peoples. Theaudio CD helps students of Arabic improve their pronunciation and inflection, and immerses non-students into the uniquely Arabic storytelling style.
ISBN: 9780804843003Publication Date: 2013-08-06
Contemporary Iraqi Fiction by
The first anthology of its kind in the West, Contemporary Iraqi Fiction gathers work from sixteen Iraqi writers, all translated from Arabic into English. Shedding a bright light on the rich diversity Iraqi experience, Shakir Mustafa has included selections by Iraqi women, Iraqi Jews now living in Israel, and Christians and Muslims living both in Iraq and abroad. While each voice is distinct, they are united in writing about a homeland that has suffered under repression, censorship, war, and occupation. Many of the selections mirror these grim realities, forcing the writers to open up new narrative terrains and experiment with traditional forms. Muhammad Khodayyir's surrealist portraits of his home city, Basra, in an excerpt from Basriyyatha and the magical realism of Mayselun Hadi's "Calendars" both offer powerful expressions of the absurdity of everyday life. Themes range from childhood and family to war, political oppression, and interfaith relationships. Mustafa provides biographical sketches for the writers and an enlightening introduction, chronicling the evolution of Iraqi literature.
ISBN: 9780815609025Publication Date: 2008-06-09
Arabic Fiction: a Bilbiography
Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and Politics by ISBN: 0230603378Publication Date: 2006-12-25N.B. this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title. Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. Using literary and social analysis, this book examines a range of modern Arab American literary fiction and illustrates how socio-political phenomena have affected the development of the Arab American novel.- Modern Arabic Short Stories by
Designed as a reader for intermediate students of Arabic and those who may wish to broaden their appreciation of leading Middle Eastern writers, this collection features stories in both Arabic and English translation. Prefaced by an author biography plus notes on context and background, each story is followed by a glossary and discussion of problematic language points. Authors include Naguib Mahfouz, Edwar al-Kharrat, Hanan al-Shaykh, Layla al-Uthman, and Mohamed Choukri. Ronak Husni is a senior lecturer at Heriot-Watt University, teaching Arabic language, literature, and translation. Daniel L. Newman is the course director of the MA in Arabic/English Translation at the University of Durham and the author of An Imam in Paris (Saqi Books).
ISBN: 9780863564369Publication Date: 2008-06-01
Modern Arab American Fiction: a reader's guide by
Within the spectrum of American literary traditions, Arab American literature is relatively new. Writing produced by Americans of Arab origin is mainly a product of the twentieth century and only started to flourish in the past thirty years. While this young but thriving literature varies widely in content and style, it emerges from a common community and within a specific historical, political, and cultural context. In Modern Arab American Fiction, Salaita maps out the landscape of this genre as he details rather than defines the last century of Arab American fiction. Exploring the works of such best-selling authors as Rabih Alameddine, Mohja Kahf, Laila Halaby, Diana Abu-Jaber, Alicia Erian, and Randa Jarrar, Salaita highlights the development of each author's writing and how each has influenced Arab American fiction. He examines common themes including the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-90, the representation and practice of Islam in the United States, social issues such as gender and national identity in Arab cultures, and the various identities that come with being Arab American. Combining the accessibility of a primer with in-depth critical analysis, Modern Arab American Fiction is suitable for a broad audience, those unfamiliar with the subject area, as well as scholars of the literature.
Call Number: Olin Library PS153.A73 S33 2011ISBN: 9780815632535Publication Date: 2011-04-13
Edinburgh Companion to the Arab Novel in English: the politics of Anglo Arab and Arab American literature and culture by
Opening up the field of diasporic Anglo-Arab literature to critical debate, this reference companion spans from the first Arab novel in 1911 right up to the present day, focusing on the resurgence of the Anglo-Arabic novel in the last 20 years. The combination of classroom-friendly essays, to guide students through the set novels on Anglo-Arab literature courses, and sophisticated critical analyses of the major Anglo-Arab novelists for advanced scholars make this the ultimate, one-stop resource. You'll find chapters on authors such as Ameen Rihani, Ahdaf Soueif, Waguih Ghali, Etel Adnan and Diana Abu-Jaber, and interviews with Laila Lalami, Hisham Matar and Fadia Faqir.
ISBN: 0748685553Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Dinarzad's Children: an anthology of contemporary Arab American fiction by
The first edition of Dinarzad s Children was a groundbreaking and popular anthology that brought to light the growing body of short fiction being written by Arab Americans. This expanded edition includes sixteen new stories thirty in all and new voices and is now organized into sections that invite readers to enter the stories from a variety of directions. Here are stories that reveal the initial adjustments of immigrants, the challenges of forming relationships, the political nuances of being Arab American, the vision directed towards homeland, and the ongoing search for balance and identity. The contributors are D. H. Melhem, Mohja Khaf, Rabih Alameddine, Rawi Hage, Laila Halaby, Patricia Sarrafian Ward, Alia Yunis, Diana Abu Jaber, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Samia Serageldin, Alia Yunis, Joseph Geha, May Monsoor Munn, Frances Khirallah Nobel, Nabeel Abraham, Yussef El Guindi, Hedy Habra, Randa Jarrar, Zahie El Kouri, Amal Masri, Sahar Mustafah, Evelyn Shakir, David Williams, Pauline Kaldas, and Khaled Mattawa."
ISBN: 9781610751261Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Arabic Literature: postmodern perspectives by
"The coverage of the region is admirable in terms of both geographical spread and literary genre. . . . This collection of articles, carefully grouped around specific themes and the authors who invoke them, is an important contribution to the study of modern Arabic literature."--Professor Roger Allen Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives introduces the work of twenty-nine pivotal authors from the Arab world writing in Arabic, English, French, and Hebrew. Organized around the central themes of memory, place, and gender, each of which is discussed in an introductory essay, the volume provides a critical framework for Arab writing, locating it alongside contemporary world literature. The contributors maintain that Arabic literature reflects the Western postmodern condition without denying its own traditions. As such,Arabic Literature paves the way for an important cultural dialogue between East and West. Authors covered include Adonis, Rabih Alameddine, Hoda Barakat, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Mahmoud Darwish, Assia Djebar, and Elias Khoury. Angelika Neuwirth is chair of Arabic studies at the Free University of Berlin. Andreas Pflitsch is a research fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches Arabic studies at the University of Bamberg and the Free University of Berlin. Barbara Winckler is a research fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches modern Arabic literature at the Free University of Berlin.
Call Number: Olin Library PJ7538 .A7313 2010ISBN: 9780863566943Publication Date: 2010-09-21
Arab Women Writers: An Anthology of Short Stories by Call Number: Olin PJ7694.E8A719 2005ISBN: 9780791464199Publication Date: 2005-05-19A collection of sixty short stories by women writers from across the Arab world.
Arab Women Writers : a critical reference guide, 1873-1999 / by
Arab women's writing in the modern age began with 'A'isha al-Taymuriya, Warda al-Yaziji, Zaynab Fawwaz, and other nineteenth-century pioneers in Egypt and the Levant. This unique study-first published in Arabic in 2004-looks at the work of those pioneers and then traces the development of Arab women's literature through the end of the twentieth century, and also includes a meticulously researched, comprehensive bibliography of writing by Arab women. In the first section, in nine essays that cover the Arab Middle East from Morocco to Iraq and Syria to Yemen, critics and writers from the Arab world examine the origin and evolution of women's writing in each country in the region, addressing fiction, poetry, drama, and autobiographical writing. The second part of the volume contains bibliographical entries for over 1,200 Arab women writers from the last third of the nineteenth century through 1999. Each entry contains a short biography and a bibliography of each author's published works. This section also includes Arab women's writing in French and English, as well as a bibliography of works translated into English. With its broad scope and extensive research, this book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Arabic literature, women's studies, or comparative literature. Contributors: Emad Abu Ghazi, Radwa Ashour, Mohammed Berrada, Ferial J. Ghazoul, Subhi Hadidi, Haydar Ibrahim, Yumna al-'Id, Su'ad al-Mani', Iman al-Qadi, Amina Rachid, Huda al-Sadda, Hatim al-Sakr.
Call Number: PJ7525.2 .D4313 2008ISBN: 9789774161469Publication Date: 2008-11-01
The Arabic Novel: An Historical and Critical Introduction (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East) by Call Number: Olin Library PJ7577 .A68 1995ISBN: 081562641XPublication Date: 1994-11-01This edition includes new material on the Arabic novel up to 1993. It is a survey of the Arabic novel and its development from its beginnings in the 19th century until today. It traces the origin, early cultivation and the mature period after World War II of the Arabic novel.
Feminism and Avant-Garde Aesthetics in the Levanthine Novel by ISBN: 9781137548702Publication Date: 2016-02-23Writing in response to war and national crisis, al-Samm'n, Khal'feh, Barak't, and others introduced into the Arabic literary canon aesthetic forms capable of carrying Levantine women's experiences. By assessing their feminism in such a way, this book aims to revive a critical emphasis on aesthetics in Arab women's writing.
Modern Arab American Fiction: An overview of Arab-American fiction as it has developed over the past twenty years by Call Number: Olin Library PS153.A73 S33 2011ISBN: 9780815632771Publication Date: 2011-03-01An overview of Arab-American fiction as it has developed over the past twenty years.
Modern Arabic Fiction: an anthology by
Beginning with the late-nineteenth-century cultural resurgence and continuing through the present day, short stories and novels have given voice to the personal and historical experiences of modern Arabs. This anthology offers a rich and diverse selection of works from more than one hundred and forty prominent Arab writers of fiction. The collection reflects Arab writers' formal inventiveness as well as their intense exploration of various dimensions of modern Arab life, including the impact of modernity, the rise of the oil economy, political authoritarianism, corruption, religion, poverty, and the Palestinian experience in modern times. Salma Khadra Jayyusi, a renowned scholar of Arabic literature, has included short stories and excerpts from novels from authors in every Arab country. Modern Arabic Fiction contains writings stretching from the pioneering work of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors to the novels of Naguib Mahfouz and the stories of contemporary Arab writers. In addition to familiar names such as Mahfouz, the anthology presents excerpts from writers well known in the Arab world but just beginning to find an audience in the West, including early twentieth century Christian Lebanese writer Jurji Zaydan, whose historical epics were eye-openers for generations of Arab readers to the achievements of medieval Islamic civilization; Yusuf Idris's complex and brilliant portrait of Egypt's poor; 'Abd al-Rahman Muneef's searing exploration of the ecological and social impact of oil production; Palestinian writer Jabra Ibrahim Jabra's sophisticated description of the dilemma's of modern Arab intellectuals; and Jamal al-Ghitani's impressive employment of mythical time and the continuity of the past in the present. Jayyusi provides biographical information on the writers as well as a substantial and illuminating introduction to the development of modern Arabic fictional genres that considers the central thematic and aesthetic concerns of Arab short story writers and novelists.
Call Number: Olin Library PJ7694.E8 M59 2005ISBN: 0231132549Publication Date: 2005-05-04
The Mahfouz Dialogs by
The Mahfouz Dialogs records the memories, views, and jokes of Naguib Mahfouz on subjects ranging from politics to the relationship between his novels and his life, as delivered to intimate friends at a series of informal meetings stretching out over almost half a century. Mahfouz was a pivotal figure not only in world literature (through being awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1988 he became the first writer in Arabic to win a mass audience), but also in his own society, where he vastly enhanced the image of the writer in the eyes of the public and encapsulated--as the victim of a savage attack on his life by an Islamist in 1994--the struggle between pluralism, tolerance, and secularism on the one hand and extremist Islam. Moderated by Gamal al-Ghitani, a writer of a younger generation who shared a common background with Mahfouz (al-Ghitani also grew up in medieval Cairo) and felt a vast personal empathy for the writer despite their sometimes different views, these exchanges throw new light on Mahfouz's life, the creation of his novels, and literary Egypt in the second half of the twentieth century.
Call Number: Olin Library PJ7826.H5 Z4613 2007ISBN: 9789774161278Publication Date: 2008-03-15
Modern Arabic Short Stories by Call Number: olin PJ7694.E8 M68 1993ISBN: 9780914478997Publication Date: 1989-06-01
Poetics of Love in the Arabic Novel by
Considers the Arabic novel within the triangle of the nation-state, modernity and traditionWen-Chin Ouyang explores the development of the Arabic novel, especially the ways in it engages with aesthetics, ethics and politics in a cross-cultural context and from a transnational perspective.Taking love and desire as the central tropes , the story of the Arabic novel is presented as a series of failed, illegitimate love affairs, all tainted by its suspicion of the legitimacy of the nation, modernity and tradition and, above all, by its misgiving about its own propriety.
ISBN: 9780748642731Publication Date: 2012-06-20
Religion in the Egyptian Novel by
This is an in-depth, original survey of religion in the modern Arabic novel. Tracing the relationship from the genesis of the form in the early 20th century to present, Phillips provides a thematic exploration of the push and pull between religion and secularism as it played out on the pages of the Egyptian novel. Through close readings of representative texts, the book reveals the manifold ways in which Islam, Christianity, Sufism, myth, ritual and intertext have engaged in modern Arabic literature and culture more broadly.
ISBN: 9781474417068Publication Date: 2019-08-01
African Lives by Call Number: Africana Library (Africana Center) DT18 .A644 2013ISBN: 9781588268624Publication Date: 2013-03-01
In the House of Silence autobiographical essays by Arab women writers by
To complement the novels in Garnet's award-winning Arab Women Writers series, In the House of Silence is a collection of autobiographical writings by thirteen leading Arab women authors. Through these testimonies the women describe their experiences and expose the often-difficult conditions under which their narratives were woven. Patterns emerge, which run throughout their testimonies - experiences of confinement, subjugation, the struggle for education and the eventual use ofwriting as a way out. They speak of their own reasons for writing, of how experiences in family life, politics, exile and even imprisonment have affected them and their work, and of how their motivation has been both tested and reinforced by various setbacks and the struggle for recognition. Startlingly honest, these testimonies will be essential reading for all those interested in women's roles in Arab society and the ways that these roles are changing.
Call Number: PJ7525.2 .I53 1998ISBN: 1859640230Publication Date: 1998-10-06
The Golden Chariot العربة الذهبية لا تصعد إلى السماء by ISBN: 1859640222Publication Date: 1995-03-01From her prison cell in Cairo, Aziza decides to create a golden chariot to take her and fellow prisoners to heaven, where their dreams can be fulfilled. Aziza's narrative holds together the stories of the other women and their crimes as they yearn for a better life, but cannot realize these dreams.
Cultural Identity in Arabic Novels of Immigration by
Cultural Identity in Arabic Novels of Immigration: A Poetics of Return offers a new perspective of migration studies that views the concept of migration in Arabic as inherently embracing the notion of return. Starting the study with the significance of the Islamic hijra as the quintessential migrant narrative in Arabic culture, Elmeligi offers readings of Arabic narratives as early as Ibn Tufayl's Hayy ibn Yaqzan and as recent as Miral Al-Tahawy's 2010 Brooklyn Heights, and as varied as Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz's short story adaptation of the ancient Egyptian Tale of Sinuhe and Yemeni novelist Mohammed Abdl Wali's They Die Strangers, including novels that have not been translated in English before, such as Sonallah Ibrahim's Amrikanli and Suhayl Idris' The Latin Quarter. To contextualize these narratives, Elmeligi employs studies of cultural identity and their features that are most impacted by migration. In this study, Elmeligi analyzes the different manifestations of return, whether physical or psychological, commenting not only on the decisions that the characters take in the novels, but also the narrative choices that the writers make, thus viewing narrativity as a form of performativity of cultural identity as well. The book addresses fresh angles of migration studies, identity theory, and Arabic literary analysis that are of interest to scholars and students.
ISBN: 9781793600974Publication Date: 2020-12-10
The Homeland الوطن في العينين by Call Number: olin PJ7852.A59 W3713 1995zISBN: 1859640214Publication Date: 1995-03-01Nadia rebels against the traditional role cast for women in the Arab world and joins the Palestinian resistance movement. However, she soon becomes disillusioned by their tactics and emigrates to France. The author shows the conflict between the individual and the military establishment.
Mothballs حبات من النفتالين by ISBN: 1859640192Publication Date: 1996-04-01Alia Mamadouh reconstructs the society of Baghdad in the 1940s and 1950s through the eyes of 10-year-old Huda, a precocious tomboy highly perceptive of the complex web of her family's relationships.
Arabian Folklore: 7 Myths And Legends Of The Arab World [From Harper’s Bazaar Arabia’s September 2021 issue ]
رواية : مجلة تعنى بشؤون الرواية العربية
. Riwayah. Publisher by Mu’assasat Sutur al-Thaqafiyah, Baghdad. Quarterly published - Issue # 1, first season (June 2017)
الرواية : قضايا وآفاق :مجلة فصلية تعني بالإبداع الروائي المحلي والعالمي / تحرير مدحت الجيار
al-Riwāyah : qaḍāyā wa-āfāq : majallah faṣlīyah tuʻná bi-al-ibdaʻ al-riwāʼī al-maḥallī wa-al-ʻālamī / ǂc [taḥrīr Midḥat al-Jayyār]. القاهرة : الهيئة المصرية العامة للكتاب، -<2014>
Arabic Novel In Translation: Reading List * الرواية العربية المترجمة: قائمة القراءة
قائمة أفضل مئة رواية عربية - ويكيبيديا
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Essays, Criticism & Interpretation
- Arabic Political Fiction in English Translation: A Bibliography
- The Arab Novel: Visions of Social Reality / By Andrea Shalal-Esa
- Arabic novels in English translation
- Arabic Literature (in English)
- Arabic into English (Banipal: Magazine of Arab Literature, Spring, Summer & Autumn/Winter 2002)
- Translating contemporary Iraq’s Arabic literature: ten years of Banipal’s record, 1998–2008 / Salih J. Altoma (International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies Volume 3 Number 3© 2009).
- Contemporary Short Stories by Kuwaiti Women: A Study of Their Social Context and Characteristics
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The Kuwaiti short story - Enlighten: Theses - University of Glasgow
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"Dead tyrants, foiled dreams and failed states: How Arab literature captures the spirit of the times," By Khalid Hajji - 07 Feb. 2020.
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10 modern Arab writers who are proving that Arabic still matters
- "Mapping Women Writers in the Mahjar" -- StoryMap from the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at NC State.
- Teaching Arab women's literature: / Radwa Wshour's Gharnāṭa Caroline Seymour-Jorn - Jstor
هل نجحت الرواية الخليجية في تفكيك الخطاب العنصري؟
خطاب العنصرية في الرواية الخليجية... الهامش والمهمّش
منعطفات الرواية العربيّة. . منذ النكسة حتى احتلال العراق ... - مجلة الفيصل
هل أصبحت أسماء الروايات العربية الجديدة فخاخا لاصطياد ... - صحيفة العرب