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Contested Memories: Narrations of Egyptian Jewish Life
In the last few years, much has been made of the Arab Jew in contemporary Arabic literature, and, in the last month, the Arab Jew ……Read More
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Editing Classical Arabic Texts: It’s Not Just Making Buggy Whips
In the fourth session of “A Corpus Not a Canon: A Workshop on the Library of Arabic Literature,” a panel series hosted by Dame Marina ……Read More
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Portraits of Americans in Arabic Literature
Just as there are a variety of Arabs in Anglo-American literature, there are a variety of Anglo-Americans in Arabic literature: Certainly, “the American” doesn’t loom ……Read More
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‘For Whom the Lips Smile’: New Fiction in Translation
Translator Vivian Fayez has been collecting short stories set in Egypt during January and February 2011. This story, by Khaled Zohni, is “For Whom the Lips Smile”: ……Read More
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A Comparative Balancing Act: Arabic Literature Is from Mars, English Literature from Venus
The third session of “A Corpus Not a Canon: A Workshop on the Library of Arabic Literature,” a panel series hosted by Dame Marina Warner ……Read More
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Egypt to ‘Purge and Confiscate’ at Mosque Libraries
Egyptian authorities made statements Monday and Tuesday, saying that they are planning to remove books that “incite extremism” from mosques: To be banned? The Ministry of ……Read More