Modern Arabic Short Stories : A Bilingual Reader: Twelve Stories by Contemporary Masters from Morocco to Iraq

by Husni, Ronak

• ISBN13: 9780863564369
• ISBN10: 0863564364
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-01
• Publisher: Al Saqi

Summary

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 Husniis a senior lecturer at Heriot-Watt University, teaching Arabic language, literature, and translation. Daniel L. Newmanis 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).

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Note on Transliteration	p. 11
Abbreviations	p. 12
The Tale of the Lamp	p. 15
A Lonely Woman	p. 43
The Sacred Tree	p. 58
Excerpt from The Book of The Dead	p. 72
Qismati and Nasibi	p. 107
Yasmine's Picture	p. 147
The Night and the Sea	p. 164
At the Theatre	p. 180
Ancestral Hair	p. 200
A Hidden Treasure	p. 222
Night of Torment	p. 248
A Tray from Heaven	p. 267
Bibliography	p. 295
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