Sexuality and war: literary masks of the Middle East
"A courageous analysis of Arab writers, addressing the connections between masculinity, violence, and nationalism."--Robin Morgan, Ms. . "Rarely have sexuality and war been treated with such poignancy and historical concreteness ... The force of these often intertwined phenomena…
In this text, the author explores what she argues is an indissoluble link between war and sexuality. She explores the connections among sexuality, war, nationalism, pacifism, violence, love and power as they relate to the body, the partner, the family, political ideologies and r…
"By exploring how translation has shaped the literary contexts of six Iraqi woman writers, this book offers new insights into their translation pathways as part of their stories' politics of meaning-making. The writers' novels include themes of exile, war, occupation, class, rur…
"By exploring how translation has shaped the literary contexts of six Iraqi woman writers, this book offers new insights into their translation pathways as part of their stories' politics of meaning-making. The writers' novels include themes of exile, war, occupation, class, rur…
In 1960s Egypt a group of writers exploded onto the literary scene, transforming the aesthetic landscape. Space in Modern Egyptian Fiction explores how this literary generation presents a marked shift in the representation of rural, urban and exilic space, reflecting a disappoin…
In 1960s Egypt a group of writers exploded onto the literary scene, transforming the aesthetic landscape. This book explores how this literary generation presents a marked shift in the representation of rural, urban and exilic space, reflecting a disappointment with the project …
In 1960s Egypt a group of writers exploded onto the literary scene, transforming the aesthetic landscape. Space in Modern Egyptian Fiction explores how this literary generation presents a marked shift in the representation of rural, urban, and exilic space, reflecting a disappoi…
In 1960s Egypt a group of writers exploded onto the literary scene, transforming the aesthetic landscape. Space in Modern Egyptian Fiction explores how this literary generation presents a marked shift in the representation of rural, urban and exilic space, reflecting a disappoin…
The book documents the era between 1912 and 1918 a decade of immensely important influence on the creation of modern Egypt. Written with much tenderness toward childhood memories, it has become a classic modern Arabic autobiography. The book offers a clear picture of Egyptian vi…
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The engrossing saga of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt's occupation by British forces in the early 1900's. Arabic title: Bayn al-Qasrayn. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Palace Walk is the first novel in Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent Cairo Tril…