| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 391 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 346 |
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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 346
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| Contents |
Muhammad 'Abduh, 1849-1905 -- Mas'udah Aboubakr, 1954- -- Mohammed Arkoun, 1928- -- Sadik Jalal al-Azm, 1934- -- Liana Badr, 1952- -- Halim Barakat, 1936- -- Rachid Boudjedra, 1941- -- Slaheddine Boujah, 1956- -- Assia Djebar (Fatima-Zohra Imalayene), 1936- -- Gamal al-Ghitani, 1945- -- Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931 -- Emile Habiby, 1922-1996 -- Sonallah Ibrahim, 1937- -- Yusuf Idris, 1927-1991 -- Isma'il Fahd Isma'il, 1940- -- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, 1920-1994 -- Mohammed 'Abed al-Jabri, 1935- -- 'Aziz al-Sayyid Jasim, 1941-1991? -- Ghassan Kanafani, 1936-1972 -- Sahar Khalifeh, 1941- -- Raif Khuri, 1913-1967 -- Abdallah Laroui, 1933- -- Amin Maalouf, 1949- -- Naguib Mahfouz, 1911-2006 -- Fatima Mernissi, 1940- -- Hanna Mina, 1924- -- Abdelrahman Munif, 1933-2004 -- Mushin al-Musawi, 1945- -- Emily Nasrallah, 1931- -- 'Abd al-Hakim Qasim, 1935-1990 -- Sayyid Qutb, 1906-1966 -- Nawal El Saadawi, 1931- -- Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, 1935-1980 -- Edward W. Said, 1935-2003 -- Tayeb Salih, 1929- -- Anton Shammas, 1950- -- Hanan al-Shaykh, 1945- -- Bahaa' Taher, 1935- -- Fuad al-Takarli, 1927-2008 -- Zakaria Tamer, 1931- -- Hasan al-Turabi, 1932- -- Latifa al-Zayyat, 1923-1996 -- Constantine K. Zurayk, 1909-2000 |
| Summary |
This volume provides readers an introduction to some of the prose writers from the Arabic-speaking Middle East, a geographical area marked by a diversity of languages, religion, and cultures. Regionally representative authors were chosen in compiling the list of subjects. Arab writers' fiction and critical writings provide firsthand insights into the challenges that continue to be faced by Middle Eastern societies |
| Notes |
"A Bruccoli Clark Layman book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-285) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Authors, Arab -- 20th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries
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Authors, Arab.
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Languages & Literatures.
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Middle Eastern Languages & Literatures.
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| SUBJECT |
Arab countries -- Bio-bibliography
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| Subject |
Arab countries.
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| Genre/Form |
Bio-bibliography.
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Biographies.
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Dictionaries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Al-Mallah, Majd Yaser, editor.
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Fitzpatrick, Coeli, editor.
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Gale Research Inc
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| LC no. |
2008041243 |
| ISBN |
0787681644 |
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1414457944 |
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9780787681647 |
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9781414457949 |
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