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The Undergraduate´s Companion to Arab Writers and Their Web Sites
Dona S. Straley
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Paperback. Covering some 150 authors who write or wrote primarily in Arabic, this volume is a guide to Internet resources and includes historians, geographers and philosophers as well as literary authors. Among those included are Najib Mahfuz, Nawal Sadawi, and the great physician Avicenna. Series: Author Research Series. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
This companion provides information on the lives and works of about 150 authors who write primarily in Arabic, covering the first known works of Arabic literature in the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. to the present day. While concentrating on literary authors, writers from the fields of history, geography, and philosophy are also represented. The individuals represented were chosen primarily from the Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Among the major authors are Najib Mahfuz, the 1988 Nobel laureate; Nawal Saadawi, the Egyptian physician who is the leading female literary author in the Arab world and the most frequently translated into English; ... Read more
This companion provides information on the lives and works of about 150 authors who write primarily in Arabic, covering the first known works of Arabic literature in the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. to the present day. While concentrating on literary authors, writers from the fields of history, geography, and philosophy are also represented. The individuals represented were chosen primarily from the Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Among the major authors are Najib Mahfuz, the 1988 Nobel laureate; Nawal Saadawi, the Egyptian physician who is the leading female literary author in the Arab world and the most frequently translated into English; ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Series
Author Research Series
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781591581185
SKU
V9781591581185
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About Dona S. Straley
DONA S. STRALEY is Middle East Studies Librarian and Associate Professor of Library Administration at the Ohio State University Libraries. She received her B.A. with distinction in History from Ohio State University in 1974, a Ph.D in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Edinburgh in 1977, and an M.L.S. from Indiana University in 1981.
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