An alleyway of Tangier as seen through the eyes of a prostitute, the price paid by a sophisticated Cairene philanderer for his infatuation with a young bedouin girl, the callous treatment a young wife receives from the man to whom she has been married. These are some of the themes of the twenty-four stories in this volume, each by a different author and rendered into English by one of the finest translators of Arabic fiction. Among the authors represented are Edward El-Kharrat, Bahaa Taher, Alifa Rifaat, and Ghassan Kanafani. Through the eyes of insiders, these stories show us the intimate texture of life throughout the diverse countries and cultures of the Arabic world.

Arabic Short Stories (Literature of the Middle East)

Literature & Fiction

Allen, Roger

Johnson-Davies, Denys

Genre Fiction

University of California Press

The Arabic Literary Heritage describes a cultural tradition of literary texts in Arabic from the fifth century A.D. to the present day. After two preliminary chapters on principles and contexts, there are chapters devoted to the Qu'ran as literature, poetry, belles-lettrist prose, drama, and criticism. The volume as a whole, which contains extensive quotations in English translation, a chronology and a guide to further reading, makes a major non-Western literary tradition newly accessible to students and scholars in the West.

The Arabic Literary Heritage: The Development of its Genres and Criticism

Religion & Spirituality

Cambridge University Press

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, and from Islam's sacred text, the Qur'an, to popular literature including The Arabian Nights and a wealth of poetry, narrative prose, drama and criticism. With extensive quotations in English translation, a chronology and a guide to further reading, this revised and abridged version of Allen's acclaimed study, The Arabic Literary Heritage (CUP 1998), provides an invaluable student introduction to a major non-Western literary tradition.

An Introduction to Arabic Literature

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Common Sense Discipline

Psychologist and couselor Roger Allen and Ron Rose, director of Faith in Families, pool their talents to provide an aged-graded approach to instruction and discipline, in a user-friendly resource that's appropriate for teachers, but is also geared toward parents.

Rose, Ron

David C. Cook

In this straightforward and authoritative collection of fifteen essays -- each by a different, specialized expert in the field -- readers will encounter all the major elements of Islam, including its history, its beliefs, its practices, and its interactions, notably with Christianity, Judaism, and the modern world. Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith will inform and enlighten all who wish to better understand this increasingly influential world religion.

Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith

Toorawa, Shawkat M.

History

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Investigations in Stress Control

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Burgess Intl Group

This 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.

The Arabic Novel: An Historical and Critical Introduction, Second Edition (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)

Syracuse University Press

Psychologist and couselor Roger Allen and Ron Rose, director of Faith in Families, pool their talents to provide an aged-graded approach to instruction and discipline, in a user-friendly resource that's appropriate for teachers, but is also geared toward parents.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Worthy Pub

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