Egypt Awakening in the Early Twentieth Century

Mayy Ziyadah’s Intellectual Circles

AvB. Khaldi

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Through a detailed study of Mayy Ziy?dah's literary salon, Boutheina Khaldi sheds light on salon and epistolary culture in early twentieth-century Egypt and its role in Egypt's Nahdah (Awakening).

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-12-05
Mått:140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt:320 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Middle East Today
Antal sidor:237
Upplaga:12001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349343607

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Boutheina Khaldi is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Translation Studies at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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"In writing this book about Mayy Ziy?dah and her early twentieth-century Cairo salon, which for the first time brought together the male and female literati of the Arab world, Boutheina Khaldi has contributed a crucial missing element in the construction of the modern Arabic literary canon." - Miriam Cooke, professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University

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