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Title Twentieth-century Arab writers / Majd Yaser Al-Mallah and Coeli Fitzpatrick, editors.

Publication Info. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2009.

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Series Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 346
Dictionary of literary biography complete online
Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 346.
Dictionary of literary biography complete online.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2009. Available via World Wide Web.
Original Version Original: 391 p.
System Details Mode of access: Internet.
Subject Authors, Arab -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Arab.
Chronological Term 20th century
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Literature -- History and criticism.
Literature.
Middle Eastern literature.
Middle Eastern literature.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Added Author Al-Mallah, Majd Yaser.
Fitzpatrick, Coeli.
Gale Group.
ISBN 0787681644
9780787681647