An Introduction to Modern Arab Culture (First Edition)
An Introduction to Modern Arab Culture (First Edition)

Author: Bassam K. Frangieh

Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing

Published: 2018-08-09

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 9781516526307

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An Introduction to Modern Arab Culture exposes readers to fundamental characteristics of the Arab people, their culture, and their society. Over the course of 13 chapters, readers learn about the emergence and influence of Islam in Arab culture, religious and ethnic minorities within the Arab world, the critical role of family in Arab life, and the origin and evolution of the Arabic language. Dedicated chapters provide an introduction to the religion of Islam and the Qur'an, and an exploration of Islamic communities throughout the ages. Additional chapters explore Arab poetry, literature, music, values, and thought, revealing the impact of major artworks and their creators on Arab life and tradition. The final chapters address the Arab Spring, the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, and contemporary challenges and opportunities. An Introduction to Modern Arab Culture introduces readers to aspects of Arab culture while demonstrating how these facets intertwine to create a unique tapestry of identity, experience, and history. The book is well suited to courses in Middle East culture and history, politics, thought, literature, religion, and language, and courses in sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies.

An Introduction to Modern Arabic
An Introduction to Modern Arabic

Author: Farhat Jacob Ziadeh

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780486428703

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This guide's focus is modern literary Arabic, particularly the style employed by newspapers. Each chapter begins with a text embodying the points to be discussed, and the carefully chosen vocabulary terms are those that arise most often in spoken and written Arabic. A vocabulary list appears in the appendix.

An Introduction to Modern Literary Arabic
An Introduction to Modern Literary Arabic

Author: David Cowan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780521092401

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The lessons are clear, in non-technical language, and have generous examples, with plenty of exercises for translation from Arabic to English and from English to Arabic. This is the manual that students interested in Arabic as a living and expanding world language will prefer. It is the first to deal mainly with modern literary Arabic. In Mr Cowan's words: 'The purpose is to explain to the students, in as concise a manner as possible, the grammatical structure of the modern Arabic literary language as it is found today in newspapers, magazines, books, the radio, and public speaking. I have endeavoured to restrict the material to the minimum which may serve as a stepping-stone to a deeper study of Arabic. As the fundamental grammar of written Arabic has hardly changed as an introduction to the classical language also. Having once mastered its contents the student should have a sound grasp of Arabic grammar and can then direct his studies towards modern literature or classical according to his needs and inclinations.

A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature
A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature

Author: David Tresilian

Publisher: Saqi

Published: 2012-02-13

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0863568025

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Modern Arabic literature remains little known and poorly understood despite growing curiosity among European readers. This brief introduction offers a unique overview, focusing on developments over the last fifty years. It provides a guide to the literary landscape, indicating the major landmarks in the shape of authors, ideas and debates. The picture that emerges shows that the literature of the modern Arab world, Europe's closest neighbour, is not so far from us as we are sometimes encouraged to think. A timely contribution to the dialogue between East and West, bringing modern Arabic literature into the mainstream for English-speaking readers. 'Tresilian's book is not only informative about its subject but also provides thought-provoking messages to the general reader.' -- Denys Johnson Davies Banipal

Modern Arabic Literature
Modern Arabic Literature

Author: Paul Starkey

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2014-03-11

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0748696539

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An introduction to Modern Arabic Literature, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present

Modern Arabic Fiction
Modern Arabic Fiction

Author: Salma Khadra Jayyusi

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 1096

ISBN-13: 9780231132541

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"Jayyusi provides biographical information on the writers as well as a substantial introduction to the development of modern Arabic fictional genres that considers the central thematic and aesthetic concerns of Arab short story writers and novelists."--Jacket.

A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic
A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic

Author: Karin C. Ryding

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-08-25

Total Pages: 734

ISBN-13: 113944333X

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A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic is a comprehensive handbook on the structure of Arabic. Keeping technical terminology to a minimum, it provides a detailed yet accessible overview of Modern Standard Arabic in which the essential aspects of its phonology, morphology and syntax can be readily looked up and understood. Accompanied by extensive carefully-chosen examples, it will prove invaluable as a practical guide for supporting students' textbooks, classroom work or self-study, and will also be a useful resource for scholars and professionals wishing to develop an understanding of the key features of the language. Grammar notes are numbered for ease of reference, and a section is included on how to use an Arabic dictionary, as well as helpful glossaries of Arabic and English linguistic terms and a useful bibliography. Clearly structured and systematically organised, this book is set to become the standard guide to the grammar of contemporary Arabic.

Teaching Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
Teaching Modern Arabic Literature in Translation

Author: Michelle Hartman

Publisher: Modern Language Association

Published: 2018-02-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1603293167

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Understanding the complexities of Arab politics, history, and culture has never been more important for North American readers. Yet even as Arabic literature is increasingly being translated into English, the modern Arabic literary tradition is still often treated as other--controversial, dangerous, difficult, esoteric, or exotic. This volume examines modern Arabic literature in context and introduces creative teaching methods that reveal the literature's richness, relevance, and power to anglophone students. Addressing the complications of translation head on, the volume interweaves such important issues such as gender, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the status of Arabic literature in world literature. Essays cover writers from the recent past, like Emile Habiby and Tayeb Salih; contemporary Palestinian, Egyptian, and Syrian literatures; and the literature of the nineteenth-century Nahda.