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Author Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris, 1804?-1887.

Title Leg over leg or The turtle in the tree. Volume two : concerning the Fāriyāq, what manner of creature might he be / by Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq ; edited and translated by Humphrey Davies.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (455 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Library of Arabic literature
Library of Arabic literature.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note About the Editor-Translator.
Contents Cover; Letter from the General Editor; Table of Contents; LEG OVER LEG, VOLUME TWO; Contents of the Book; Chapter 1: Rolling a Boulder; Chapter 2: A Salutation and a Conversation; Chapter 3: The Extraction of the Fariyaq from Alexandria, by Sail; Chapter 4: A Throne to Gain which Man Must Make Moan; Chapter 5: A Description of Cairo; Chapter 6: Nothing; Chapter 7: A Description of Cairo; Chapter 8: Notice that the Description of Cairo is Ended; Chapter 9: That to Which I Have Alluded; Chapter 10: A Doctor; Chapter 11: The Fulfillment of What He Promised Us; Chapter 12: Poems for Princes
Chapter 13: A Maqamah to Make You SitChapter 14: An Explanation of the Obscure Words in the Preceding Maqamah and Their Meanings; Chapter 15: Right There!; Chapter 16: Right Here!; Chapter 17: Elegy for a Donkey; Chapter 18: Various Forms of Sickness; Chapter 19: The Circle of the Universe and the Center of This Book; Chapter 20: Miracles and Supernatural Acts; Notes; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; K; M; N; P; Q; R; S; W; Y; Z; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute; About the Typefaces
Summary Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of 'the Fariyaq,' alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. The always edifying and often hilarious adventures of the Fariyaq, as he moves from his native Lebanon to Egypt, Malta, Tunis, England and France, provide the author with grist for wide-ranging discussions of the intellectual and social issues of his time, including the ignorance and corruption of the Lebanese religious and secular establishments, freedom of conscience, women's rights, sexual relatio.
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Subject Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris, 1804?-1887.
Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris, 1804?-1887.
Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris, 1804?-1887 -- Travel -- Middle East.
Travel.
Middle East.
Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris, 1804?-1887.
Arabic language -- Lexicography.
Arabic language -- Lexicography.
Middle East -- Description and travel.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Davies, Humphrey T. (Humphrey Taman)
Added Title Turtle in the tree
Other Form: Print version: al-Shidyaq, Ahmad Faris. Leg Over Leg. New York : Library of Arabic Literature, 2013 9780814769843
ISBN 9780814738467 (electronic book)
081473846X (electronic book)