Laila Familiar is a lecturer in Arabic at the University of Texas at Austin. She has taught language and content-based courses in several renowned programs of Arabic, and was director of the Arabic Summer Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, 2012-13. She has a Master's degree in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language from the American University in Cairo. Hoda Barakat is a contemporary Lebanese-born novelist writing in the Arabic language. She worked as a teacher, translator, and journalist during the Lebanese Civil War, and it is during this war that her later novels are set. Her works have won several awards, including the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.

A valuable contribution to the materials at our disposal—one that is easy to use, will be engaging and motivating for our students, and facilitates their dive into the long forms of Arabic literature.

• Preface for the Instructor Preface for the Reader Note on Web Resources Hoda Barakat Sayyidi wa Habibi: The Authorized Abridged Edition for Students of Arabic Exercises Personal Dictionary About the Editor

Laila Familiar is a lecturer in Arabic at the University of Texas at Austin. She has taught language and content-based courses in several renowned programs of Arabic, and was director of the Arabic Summer Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, 2012-13. She has a Master's degree in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language from the American University in Cairo. Hoda Barakat is a contemporary Lebanese-born novelist writing in the Arabic language. She worked as a teacher, translator, and journalist during the Lebanese Civil War, and it is during this war that her later novels are set. Her works have won several awards, including the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.

A valuable contribution to the materials at our disposal—one that is easy to use, will be engaging and motivating for our students, and facilitates their dive into the long forms of Arabic literature.

• Preface for the Instructor Preface for the Reader Note on Web Resources Hoda Barakat Sayyidi wa Habibi: The Authorized Abridged Edition for Students of Arabic Exercises Personal Dictionary About the Editor

Laila Familiar is a lecturer in Arabic at the University of Texas at Austin. She has taught language and content-based courses in several renowned programs of Arabic, and was director of the Arabic Summer Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, 2012-13. She has a Master's degree in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language from the American University in Cairo. Hoda Barakat is a contemporary Lebanese-born novelist writing in the Arabic language. She worked as a teacher, translator, and journalist during the Lebanese Civil War, and it is during this war that her later novels are set. Her works have won several awards, including the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.

A valuable contribution to the materials at our disposal—one that is easy to use, will be engaging and motivating for our students, and facilitates their dive into the long forms of Arabic literature.

• Preface for the Instructor Preface for the Reader Note on Web Resources Hoda Barakat Sayyidi wa Habibi: The Authorized Abridged Edition for Students of Arabic Exercises Personal Dictionary About the Editor