This book provides a succinct introduction to modern Arabic literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Designed primarily as an introductory textbook for English-speaking undergraduates, it will also be of interest to a more general readership interested in the contemporary Middle East or[...]

Set in the small town called Tarrana in the Nile Delta in the 1930s, Stones of Bobello revolves around nine episodes in the life of a sensitive young Christian boy - a montage of philosophical, mythical, and psychological perspectives that highlights the struggle between polarities of man and woman,[...]

"Maryam's Maze" relates the story of a woman struggling to find her way through the confusion of the world around her. This enigmatic novel by Mansoura Ez Eldin narrates a story that on one level touches on universal human emotions. At the same time the inner maze of dreams and memories in which the[...]