Arabic literature

Book Reviews

Galal Amin: Whatever Happened to the Egyptians?
Changes in Egyptian Society from 1950 to the Present
Alaa Al Aswany: The Yacoubian Building
- a novel of violence and corruption in Cairo
Hassan Blasim: The Madman of Freedom Square
- violently macabre stories of modern Iraq
Mohamed Choukri: For Bread Alone
- a bleak childhood and youth in Morocco
Mahmoud Darwish: Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?
- "the premier poetic voice of the Palestinian people"
Francesco Gabrieli: Arab Historians of the Crusades*
- excerpts from nineteen Islamic writers
Naguib Mahfouz: Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth
- a novel of ancient Egypt
Naguib Mahfouz: Respected Sir; Wedding Song; The Search*
- three short novels by the great Egyptian writer
Atef Abu Saif: The Book of Gaza
- ten short stories by writers from Gaza
Tayeb Salih: Season of Migration to the North
- a story of sexual obsession in Britain and Sudan