Aswat Mu'asira
 256 pp., 7 x 10 Hardcover ISBN: 9781647122782 () 256 pp., 7 x 10 Paperback ISBN: 9781647122799 () eBook ISBN: 9781647122805 E-Inspection Request E-Inspection January 2023 Sales Rights: World EXPLORE THIS TITLE DescriptionTable of Contents Reviews |
Aswat Mu'asira
Short Stories for Advanced Arabic
An engaging collection of contemporary short stories from various Arabic countries develops students' mastery of literary analysis and cultural awareness Jonas Elbousty is the director of undergraduate studies and of the Arabic Summer Abroad Program at Yale University. He has worked extensively with the Defense Language Institute and other organizations to provide training and testing services. Elbousty is the author of Media Arabic: Journalistic Discourse for Advanced Students of Arabic, the coauthor of Advanced Arabic Literary Reader, and coauthor of Vitality and Dynamism: Interstitial Dialogues of Language, Politics, and Religion in Morocco's Literary Tradition.
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"Aswat Mu asira is a welcome resource for advanced students of Arabic language and literature. Elbousty has carefully selected short stories that showcase a wide range of aesthetics, themes, and regional realities. The exercises nurture the close reading skills and interactive, communicative learning essential for a meaningful encounter with literature."—Johanna Sellman, assistant professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, The Ohio State University "While the initial development of the short story genre may have been focused on what one might call the "central regions" of the broader Arabic-speaking world—Syro-Lebanon and Egypt—cultural movements, publication outlets, and calls for change and innovation now emerged in force "from the Ocean to the Gulf." They revealed by the beginning of the twenty-first century a remarkable level of literary creativity and experimentation. It is this moment that Jonas Elbousty's collection Aswat mu asira: Short Stories for Advanced Arabic so effectively illustrates. In this book, readers can savor the modern Arabic short story in all its varieties--regional, topical, structural, and stylistic."—Roger Allen, emeritus professor, University of Pennsylvania; award-winning translator; from the introduction Table of Contents FOREWORD BY ROGER ALLEN INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 [JORDAN] [ABOUT JORDAN] # : [NIZAR HUSSAIN RASHID: A LIGHTED WINDOW] : [AYMAN DARWISH: THE KINGDOM OF SILENCE] : [NIZAR HUSSAIN RASHID: SHADOW OF A WOMAN] CHAPTER 2 [UAE] [ABOUT THE UAE] : [SHARIFA AL HINAI: THE HEAT] : [MANAR AL HINAI: FROM LOVE THAT KILLED KHALFAN] : [SANAA HUSSEIN AL-MARZOUKI: YOUR PRESENCE] CHAPTER 3 [BAHRAIN] [ABOUT BAHRAIN] : [ABDULLAH KHALIFA: BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS] : [HAMDA KHAMIS: IN THE REHAB OF SOLITUDE] CHAPTER 4 [ALGERIA] [ABOUT ALGERIA] : [ISSA BIN MAHMOUD: RITE OF WRATH] : [MUHAMMAD AL-SALEH QARF: A SENSE OF PLACE] : [SOBHA BGHORA: TEARS WITH A HEARTBEAT] CHAPTER 5 [SAUDI ARABIA] [ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA] : [ZAINAB HEFNI: A WOMAN ON THE CRATER OF A VOLCANO] : [MAJED SULEIMAN: A CHILDHOOD WOVEN BY A GRANDFATHER'S PROPHECY] : [MOHAMMED AL-RASHIDI: SPIT] CHAPTER 6 [SUDAN] [ABOUT SUDAN] : [ABDEL AZIZ BARAKA SAKEN: TEETH DO NOT SING] : [EMAD AL-BLAIK: THE HOLY CAT] : [ADEL YOUSSEF: AL-BASAS'S MANUSCRIPT AFTER HIS LAST NIGHTMARE] CHAPTER 7 [SOMALIA] [ABOUT SOMALIA] : [KHADIJA SHUKRI: LET'S KEEP THE DOOR AJAR AFTER EVERY IDEA, AS THERE ARE DEGREES OF COLORS] : [NORA MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM: I HATE THAT WOMAN] : [HAIFA HUSSEIN ABED: A DEFERRED HATE MESSAGE] CHAPTER 8 [IRAQ] [ABOUT IRAQ]# : [MUHAMMAD ALWAN JABR: THE HISTORY OF A CHARIOT] : [ABDUL-JABBAR AL-HAMDI: MAY I HAVE A GLASS OF WHISKEY?] CHAPTER 9 [KUWAIT] [ABOUT KUWAIT] : [TASNEEM YAHYA AL HABIB: THE SMELL OF MEMORY] : [LAILA AL-OTHMAN: THE ABAYA HAS ANOTHER FACE] : [REHAB AL-HINDI: THE DELIRIUM OF A HALF-SANE WOMAN] CHAPTER 10 [MOROCCO] [ABOUT MOROCCO] : [MUHAMMAD AL-BALI: BETRAYED HIS LIFE] : [ABDUL-JABBAR AL-ALAMI: THE MILL] : [ZAHRAT EZZ: A MIDNIGHT NIGHTMARE] CHAPTER 11 [YEMEN] [ABOUT YEMEN] : [NADIA KAWKABANI: THE TROUBLES] : [HANAN AL-WADI'I: THERE ARE MANY CHANCES TO DIE] : [MOHIELDIN GERMA: STOLEN MOMENTS] CHAPTER 12 [TUNISIA] [ABOUT TUNISIA] : [ZAHREH ZAHIR: SPACE FOR A DREAM] : [IBRAHIM DARGHOUTI: HEAVEN'S APPLES] CHAPTER 13 [SYRIA] [ABOUT SYRIA] : [ZAKARIA TAMER: TIGERS ON THE TENTH DAY] : [SALWA AL NUAIMI: PROOF OF HONEY] : [JAMIL TAMAL: THE GIRL IN THE WHITE STRAW HAT] CHAPTER 14 [OMAN] [ABOUT OMAN] : [LAILA AL BALUSHI: A GIRL NAMED RAWYA] : [ZOUINA AL TOWAYH: PHOTOS AND DETAILS] : [MUHAMMAD BIN ABDUL RAHMAN KART AL JAZMI: WAVES DO NOT CALM DOWN] CHAPTER 15 [PALESTINE] [ABOUT PALESTINE] : [MAHMOUD SHUKAIR: PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE] : [NIDIA KAYALI': I SAW IT IN YOUR CUP] CHAPTER 16 [QATAR] [ABOUT QATAR] : [DALAL KHALIFA: IN MY POCKET] : [JAMAL FAYEZ: THE WOODEN DOOR] : [JAMAL FAYEZ: THE SHADOW IS BURNING] CHAPTER 17 [LEBANON] [ABOUT LEBANON] : : [MICHAEL NAIMA: THE SWORD AND THE REED] CHAPTER 18 [LIBYA] [ABOUT LIBYA]# : [AMAL FARAJ AL-AYADI: WET CURD] : [AMAL FARAJ AL-AYADI: A TALE OF TOMATOES, COTTON, AND EMPTINESS] : [RADWAN ABU SHWEISHA: IT'S ELEVEN O'CLOCK, THIEVES TIME] CHAPTER 19 [EGYPT] [ABOUT EGYPT] : [NAGUIB MAHFOUZ: THE WISDOM OF DEATH] : [MAMDOUH RIZK: PLAYING WITH BUBBLES] : [AIDA BADR: THE BRIDGE] CHAPTER 20 [MAURITANIA] [ABOUT MAURITANIA] : [UMM KULTHUM AL-MAALI: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SALESWOMAN] : [AHMED OULD ASLAM: THE FUGITIVE FRAGRANCE] : [GAMAL OULD MOHAMED OMAR: COMA] ABOUT THE AUTHOR |