
The Earthquake
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'One of the modern Arabic classics' * World Literature Today * ''Prophetic in its exposure of the misuse of religion for political purposes' * Middle East News * 'One of Algeria's most influential writers ... a foundational figure in the Arabophone novel' * Jadaliyya *More details
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William Granara is professor of Arabic Language and Literature at Harvard University, and former executive director of the Center for Arabic Study at the American University in Cairo. He is co-editor of The Thousand and One Nights: Sources and Transformations in Literature, Art, and Science (2020).
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Earthquake
- One: Bab Al-Qantara
- Two: Sidi M'sid
- Three: Sidi Rashid
- Four: Majaz Al-Ghanam
- Five: Jisr Al-Mis'ad
- Six: Jisr Al-Shayatin
- Seven: Jisr Al-Hawa'
- Glossary of Names and Terms
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