1st Edition

Advanced Arabic Literary Reader For Students of Modern Standard Arabic

By Jonas Elbousty, Muhammad Aziz Copyright 2016
404 Pages
by Routledge

404 Pages
by Routledge

448 Pages
by Routledge

Advanced Arabic Literary Reader is a truly representative collection of literary extracts from across the Arabic-speaking world. Extracts from each country in the Arab world have been carefully selected, with a balance of both male and female writers and prominent and emerging voices, providing a unique window into the Arab world.   Suitable for both class use and independent study, each... Read more

Introduction; Yemen; Saudi Arabia; Oman; United Arab Emirates; Bahrain; Qatar; Kuwait; Iraq; Syria; Lebanon; Jordan; Palestine; Egypt; Sudan; Libya; Tunisia; Algeria; Morocco; Mauritania.

Biography

Jonas M. Elbousty is the Director of the Arabic Summer program at Yale University where he teaches Arabic Language and Literature in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. He recently co-published Vitality and Dynamism: Interstitial Dialogues of Language, Politics, and Religion in Morocco’s Literary Tradition.

Muhammad Ali Aziz holds a PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He taught at Princeton University and at the University of Michigan. He is currently the Arabic Program coordinator at Yale University where he teaches Arabic Language and Literature in the department of Near Eastern Language and Civilizations. He is the author of Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam: Theology and Sufism in Yemen.