Moosa's exhaustive discussion, demonstrating the influence of both Western and Islamic ideology and culture, presents many works of fiction for the first time t

"Jayyusi provides biographical information on the writers as well as a substantial introduction to the development of modern Arabic fictional genres that consid

This dazzling anthology features the work of seventy-nine outstanding writers from all over the Arab-speaking world, from Morocco in the west to Iraq in the eas

This volume provides an authoritative survey of creative writing in Arabic from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.