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The Quarter
Meet the people of Cairo's Gamaliya quarter. There is Nabqa, son of Adam the waterseller who can only speak truths; the beautiful and talented Tawhida who does not age with time; …
What ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Us
With What ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Us, the Library of Arabic Literature brings readers an acknowledged masterpiece of early twentieth-century Arabic prose. Penned by the Egyptian …
Wilhelm Furtwängler
A pathbreaking, new intellectual biography of the composer and conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler. Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954) has entered the historical memory as a renowned …
Al-'Arabiyya
This volume has six essays and one book review. One essay is in Arabic.
A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal
New essays demonstrating and exploring the abiding fascination of Wagner's controversial work. Richard Wagner's Parsifal remains an inexhaustible yet highly controversial work. …
Heart of Lebanon
When celebrated mahjar writer Ameen Rihani returned to his native Lebanon from his long stay in New York, he set out on nine journeys through the Lebanese countryside, from the …
Introduction to Arabic Literature
Roger Allen provides a comprehensive introductory survey of literary texts in Arabic, from their unknown beginnings in the fifth century AD to the present. The volume focuses on …
Modern Arabic Drama
Translations of twelve popular Arabic plays written and produced during the past thirty years introduce English readers to the vibrant theater scene of the Arab world. The …
Wilhelm Furtwangler
A pathbreaking, new intellectual biography of the composer and conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler.Wilhelm Furtwangler (1886-1954) has entered the historical memory as a renowned …
Reading Mohamed Choukri's Narratives
Reading Mohamed Choukri's Narratives presents an intricate exploration into the life and literary universe of Mohamed Choukri, a towering figure in 20th-century Moroccan …