Kirstin Ruth Bratt is a professor of English, English pedagogy, and developmental studies at Saint Cloud State University. Youness M. Elbousty is a professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department at Yale University. Devin J. Stewart is a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory.

• Contents Preface Introduction. The Vitality of Tradition By Kirstin Ruth Bratt Chapter 1. How the West Was Won: The Arab Conqueror and the Serene Amazigh in Driss Chraïbi’s La Mère du printemps By Ziad Bentahar Chapter 2. Cultural Encounter in Moroccan Postcolonial Literature of English Expression By Mohamed Elkouche Chapter 3. Intersections: Amazigh (Berber) Literary Space By Daniela Merolla Chapter 4. Writing in the Feminine: The Emerging Voices of Francophone Moroccan Women Writers By Touria Khannous Chapter 5. Tactile Labyrinths and Sacred Interiors: Spatial Practices and Political Choices in Abdelmajid Ben Jalloun’s Fí al-Tufúla and Ahmed Sefrioui’s La boîte à merveilles By Ian Campbell Chapter 6. Monstrous Offspring: Disturbing Bodies in Feminine Moroccan Francophone Literature By Naima Hachad Chapter 7. Hegemonic Discourse in Orientalists’ Translations of Moroccan Culture By Naima El Maghnougi Chapter 8. The Countercultural, Liberal Voice of Moroccan Mohamed Choukri and Its Affinities with the American Beats By Anouar El Younssi Chapter 9. Khatibi: A Sociologist in Literature By Sam Cherribi & Matthew Pesce Chapter 10. Emigration and Quest for Identity in Laila Lalami’s Hope & Other Dangerous Pursuits, Akbib’s ‘The Lost Generation,’ and Fandi’s Alien … Arab … and Maybe Illegal in America By Ilham Boutob About the Authors

Kirstin Ruth Bratt is a professor of English, English pedagogy, and developmental studies at Saint Cloud State University. Youness M. Elbousty is a professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department at Yale University. Devin J. Stewart is a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory.

• Contents Preface Introduction. The Vitality of Tradition By Kirstin Ruth Bratt Chapter 1. How the West Was Won: The Arab Conqueror and the Serene Amazigh in Driss Chraïbi’s La Mère du printemps By Ziad Bentahar Chapter 2. Cultural Encounter in Moroccan Postcolonial Literature of English Expression By Mohamed Elkouche Chapter 3. Intersections: Amazigh (Berber) Literary Space By Daniela Merolla Chapter 4. Writing in the Feminine: The Emerging Voices of Francophone Moroccan Women Writers By Touria Khannous Chapter 5. Tactile Labyrinths and Sacred Interiors: Spatial Practices and Political Choices in Abdelmajid Ben Jalloun’s Fí al-Tufúla and Ahmed Sefrioui’s La boîte à merveilles By Ian Campbell Chapter 6. Monstrous Offspring: Disturbing Bodies in Feminine Moroccan Francophone Literature By Naima Hachad Chapter 7. Hegemonic Discourse in Orientalists’ Translations of Moroccan Culture By Naima El Maghnougi Chapter 8. The Countercultural, Liberal Voice of Moroccan Mohamed Choukri and Its Affinities with the American Beats By Anouar El Younssi Chapter 9. Khatibi: A Sociologist in Literature By Sam Cherribi & Matthew Pesce Chapter 10. Emigration and Quest for Identity in Laila Lalami’s Hope & Other Dangerous Pursuits, Akbib’s ‘The Lost Generation,’ and Fandi’s Alien … Arab … and Maybe Illegal in America By Ilham Boutob About the Authors