Roger Allen

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1) An introduction to Arabic literature

Author

Allen, Roger

Pub. Date

2000.

Physical Description

xxi, 263 pages ; 23 cm

Language

English

2) Modern Arabic literature

Series

Library of literary criticism

Pub. Date

1987.

Physical Description

xxxiii, 370 pages ; 25 cm

Language

English

3) Gertrude

Author

Najmī, Ḥasan

Series

Interlink world fiction

Pub. Date

2014.

Physical Description

282 pages ; 21 cm

Language

English

4) Islam: a short guide to the faith

Pub. Date

2011.

Physical Description

xviii, 177 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm

Language

English

5) Baghdad: the city in verse

Pub. Date

[2013]

Physical Description

xxxv, 339 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

6) East Jerusalem noir

Series

Akashic noir

Pub. Date

[2023]

Physical Description

193 pages : maps ; 21 cm

Language

English

7) The quarter

Author

Maḥfūẓ, Najīb

Pub. Date

2019.

Physical Description

xxvi, 87 pages ; 20 cm

Language

English

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Meet the people of Cairos Gamaliya quarter. There is Nabqa, son of Adam the waterseller who can only speak truths; the beautiful and talented Tawhida who does not age with time; Ali Zaidan, the gambler, late to love; and Boss Saqr who stashes his money above the bath. A neighbourhood of demons, dancing and sweet halva, the quarter keeps quiet vigil over the secrets of all who live there. This collection by pre-eminent Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz...