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Naguib Mahfouzby Rasheed El-Enany
Routledge 1993; US$ 41.95A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. Included is a full biography and systematic analysis of the writer's works. more...
Book of the Thousand and One Nights (Vol 3)by Powys Mathers
Routledge 1986; US$ 29.95The third volume of this complete and accurate translation of the tales of the Arabian nights. more...
The Arabian Nights Encyclopediaby Richard van Leeuwen
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 185.00This comprehensive reference on the "Arabian Nights" presents detailed research on virtually all aspects of the tales, including major protagonists, themes, important translations, textual history, adaptations, reworkings, works inspired by the tales and aspects of literary theory. more...
Nationalism, Islam and World Literatureby Mohamed-Salah Omri
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 160.00The writer and politician Mahmud al-Mis'adi is a figure of prime importance in the development of North African literature and cultural politics. This book covers both his essays and fiction, written between the 1930s and 1990s, and also examines Arabic literature and its relationship to the West. more...
Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterraneanby Cynthia Robinson
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 170.00This new volume offers an annotated English translation of the unicum manuscript of the Hadî th Bayâd wa Riyâd , the only illustrated manuscript known to have survived from more than eight centuries of Muslim and Arabic-speaking presence more...
The Thousand and One Nightsby R.L.A. Van Leeuwen
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 150.00This book examines T he Thousand and One Nights in terms of the tales' narrative and in particular using the idea of the journey and mobility as a tool to understanding the work. more...
I Saw Ramallahby Mourid Barghouti; Edward W. Said
Knopf Publishing Group 2008; US$ 9.99Winner of the prestigious Naguib Mahfouz Medal, this fierce and moving work is an unparalleled rendering of the human aspects of the Palestinian predicament. Barred from his homeland after 1967’s Six-Day War, the poet Mourid Barghouti spent thirty years in exile—shuttling among the world’s cities, yet secure in none of them; separated from his family for years at a time; never certain whether he was a visitor, a refugee, a citizen, or a guest. As he returns home for the first time since the Israeli occupation, Barghouti crosses a wooden bridge over the Jordan River into Ramallah and is unable to recognize the city of his youth. Sifting through memories of the old Palestine as they come up against what he now encounters in... more...
The Universal Tree and the Four Birdsby Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi; Angela Jaffray
Anqa Publishing 2006; US$ 19.99Through the story of the universal tree, representing the complete human being, and the four birds, representing the four essential aspects of existence, Ibn 'Arabi explains his teaching on the nature and meaning of union with God. Providing an excellent initiation into the often complex works of Ibn 'Arabi, this brief, delightful tale is the first English translation of an important, early work, complete with Arabic text, commentary, and notes. more...
The Locust and the Birdby Hanan Al-Shaykh
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 11.99In a masterly act of literary transformation, celebrated novelist Hanan al-Shaykh re-creates the dramatic life and times of her mother, Kamila. Married at a young age against her will, Kamila soon fell head-over-heels in love with another man—and was thus forced to choose between her children and her lover. As the narrative unfolds through the years—from the bazaars, cinemas and apartments of 1930s Beirut to its war-torn streets decades later—we follow this passionate woman as she survives the tragedies and celebrates the triumphs of a life lived to the very fullest. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
The Essential Nawal El Saadawiby Adele Newson Horst; Nawal El Saadawi
Zed Books 2010; US$ 34.85Featuring work never before translated into English, The Essential Nawal El Saadawi gathers together a wide range of Saadawi's writing. From novellas and short stories to essays on politics, culture, religion and sex; from extensive interviews to her work as a dramatist; from poetry to autobiography, this book is essential for anyone wishing to gain a sense of the breadth of Saadawi's work. more...