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CAM6578 An Introduction to Arabic Literature $36.99
Roger Allen, Softcover, 286 pp, In English ISBN:9780521776578
Roger Allen provides a comprehensive introductory survey of literary texts in Arabic, from their unknown beginnings in the fifth century AD to the present day. It also contains works from Islam's sacred text, the Qur'an, and popular literature including The Arabian Nights and a wealth of poetry, narrative prose, drama and criticism. With extensive quotations translated to English, a chronology and a guide to further reading, this revised and abridged version of Allen's acclaimed study, The Arabic Literary Heritage, provides an invaluable student introduction to a major non-Western literary tradition.
SAQ4369 Modern Arabic Short Stories: A Bilingual Reader $21.95
D. L. Newman, R. Husni , Softcover, 296pp, ISBN:9780863564369
The twelve stories collected here are by leading authors from Morocco to Iraq. In addition to works by writers already wellknown in the West such as "Idwar alKharrat", "Fuad alTakarli" and Nobel Prizewinning "Naguib Mahfouz", key authors whose fame has as yet been restricted to the Middle East are also included. This bilingual reader is ideal for students of Arabic; the collection features stories in both English and Arabic, prefaced by a brief author biography plus notes on context and background. Each story is followed by a glossary and discussion of problematic language points.
SAQ0873 A Reader of Modern Arabic Short Stories $19.95
S. Hafez, C. Cobham, Softcover, 222pp, ISBN:9780863560873
Designed for the Englishspeaking student, this reader brings together the Arabic texts of 11 modern Arabic short stories. Each is preceded by an introduction in English, containing biographical information about the author and a critical analysis designed to encourage the student to make it a literary response to the story. Notes explain colloquial and idiomatic words and phrases which may cause difficulty. The stories cover a period of almost fifty years. The earliest dating from 1929, is by Egyptian writer Mahmud Tahir Lashin; the most recent, dating from 1972, is by Iraqi writer Fuad AlTarkali. Other authors represented include Yusuf Idris, Yahya Haqqi, Zakariyya Tamir and Ghalib Halasa.
SAQ0477 Classical Poems By Arab Women $19.50
Abdullah al Udhari, Softcover, 250pp, ISBN:9780863560477
This bilingual collection of poetry by Arab women from the Jahiliyya (preIslamic)to the Andalusian period is an excursion into a vibrant world that has been suppressed for centuries by religious and political bigotry.
SAQ9456 Diary of a Country Prosecutor $12.95
Tawfik alHakim, Softcover, 135pp. ISBN:9780863565496
Who shot Kamar alDawar Alwan? Was it a crime of passion? What was the role of the beautiful peasant girl Rim? Is the mysterious Sheikh Asfur as crazy as he seems? Partly autobiographical, this tale is an Egyptian comedy of errors. Imbued with the ideals of a European education, the young public prosecutor encounters a world of poverty and backwardness where an imported legal system is both alien and incomprehensible. Tawfik alHakimis the Arab world's leading dramatist, as well as a major short story writer.
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