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The Big Read Egypt/US at Columbia
A Brief Guide to Naguib Mahfouz and Modern Arabic Prose
(March 2009)
Selected resources in print (with links to WorldCat*) and on the Internet.
Kaoukab Chebaro, Middle East and Islamic Studies Librarian, Columbia University Libraries
mideast
@libraries.cul.columbia.edu
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*WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and around the world.
- General Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature
- Allen, Roger. The Arabic Literary Heritage: The Development of its Genres and Criticism. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998. WorldCat
- Allen, Roger. The Arabic Novel: A Historical and Critical Introduction. 2nd edition. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995. WorldCat
- Allen, Roger. An Introduction to Arabic Literature. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000. WorldCat
- Badawi, M.M. A Short History of Modern Arabic Literature. Oxford: Clarendon, 1993. WorldCat
- Beeston, A.F.L. and M. M. Badawi. Modern Arabic literature.
The Cambridge history of Arabic literature. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1992. WorldCat
- Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Edited by Julie Scott Meisami and Paul Starkey. London ; New York: Routledge, 1998. WorldCat
- Makar, Ragai N. Modern Arabic literature: a bibliography.
Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, c1998. WorldCat
- Naguib Mahfouz: Literary Context and Literary Criticism
- Al Ghitani, Gamal. The Mahfouz Dialogs. New York: The American University of Cairo Press, 2007. WorldCat
- Beard, Michael and Adnan Haydar. (eds.) Naguib Mahfouz: From Regional Fame to Global Recognition. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, 1993. WorldCat
- El-Enany, Rasheed. Naguib Mahfouz: His Life and Times. Cairo, Egypt: The American University in Cairo Press, 2007. WorldCat
- El-Enany, Rasheed. Naguib Mahfouz: The Pursuit of Meaning. London; New York: Routledge, 1993. WorldCat
- Moosa, Matti. The Early Novels of Naguib Mahfouz. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1994. --via NetLibrary(Covering works though 1959.) WorldCat
- Salmawi, Muhammad, Andy Smart, and Fouda-Smart, Nadia. The Last Station: Naguib Mahfouz looking back. Cairo; New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2007. WorldCat
- Naguib Mahfouz--In His Own Words: Articles, Interviews, & Lectures
- Teaching Mahfouz and Modern Arabic Literature in the Classroom
- Biographies and Bibliographies
- E-Journals & Web Sites on Modern Arabic Literature
- Suggested Further Reading
- Modern Arabic Novels -- Classics
ʻĀ shū r, Raḍwá. Granada: A Novel. Trans. by William Granara. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2003. WorldCat
Habiby, Emile (Ḥabī bī, Imī l). The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist. Trans. by Salma Khadra Jayyusi and Trevor Le Gassick. Brooklyn, NY: Interlink Books, 2002. WorldCat
Ibrahim, Sonallah (Ibrā hī m, Ṣunʻ Allā h). The Committee: a Novel. Trans. by Mary St. Germain and Charlene Constable. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2001. WorldCat
Jabrā, Jabrā Ibrā hī m. In Search of Walid Masoud: A Novel. Trans. by Roger Allen, and Adnan Haydar. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000. WorldCat
Kanafā nī, Ghassā n. Men in the Sun & Other Palestinian Stories. Trans. by Hilary Kilpatrick. Boulder, Colo: Lynne Rienner, 1999. WorldCat
Munī f, ʻAbd al-Raḥmā n. Cities of Salt. Trans. by Peter Theroux. New York: Vintage Books, 1989, c1987. Worldcat
Ṣā liḥ, al-Ṭayyib. Season of Migration to the North. New York: M. Kesend Pub., c1989. WorldCat
Shaykh, Ḥanā n. The Story of Zahra. New York: Anchor Books, 1994.
WorldCat
- Modern Arabic Novels -- Contemporary
Al Aswany, Alaa (Aswā nī, ʻAlā ʼ). The Yacoubian Building. Trans. by Humphrey Davies. New York: Harper Perennial, 2006. WorldCat
Ez-Eldin, Mansoura (ʻIzz al-Dī n, Manṣūrah). Maryam's Maze. Trans. by Paul Starkey. Cairo; New York: American University in Cairo Press, 2007. WorldCat
Mamdū ḥ, ʻĀ liyah and Marilyn Booth. The Loved Ones. New York: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, c2007. WorldCat
Mosteghanemi, Ahlem. Chaos of the Senses. Trans. by Baria Ahmar Sreih. Cairo; New York: American University in Cairo Press, 2004. WorldCat
Soueif, Ahdaf. In the Eye of the Sun. New York: Pantheon Books, 1993, c1992. WorldCat
Tamer, Zakaria. Hedgehog. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2009. WorldCat
- Arabic Short Stories
Assassination of Light: Modern Saudi Short Stories. Edited and trans. by Abū Bakr Aḥmad Bā qā dir and Ava Molnar Heinrichsdorff. Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1990. WorldCat
Johnson-Davies, Denys. Egyptian Short Stories. London: Heinemann Educational; Washington, D.C.: Three Continents, 1978. WorldCat
Hikayat: Short Stories by Lebanese Women. Edited by Roseanne Saad Khalaf. London: Telegram, 2006. WorldCat
Modern Syrian Short Stories. Trans. by Michel G. Azrak; revised by M. J. L. Young. Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1988. WorldCat
Oranges in the Sun: Short Stories from the Arabian Gulf. Edited by Deborah S. Akers and Abū Bakr Aḥmad Bā qā dir. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, c2008. WorldCat
Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women. Edited by Jo Glanville. London; San Francisco, Calif.: Telegram, 2006. WorldCat
A Reader of Modern Arabic Short Stories. Edited by Ṣabrī Ḥā fiẓ and Catherine Cobham. London: Saqi Books, 1988. WorldCat
Shaheen, Mohammad (Shā hī n, Muḥammad). The Modern Arabic Short Story: Shahrazad Returns. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. WorldCat
Under the Naked Sky: Short Stories from the Arab World.
Edited & translated by Denys Johnson-Davies. Cairo; New York: American University in Cairo Press, c2000. WorldCat
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