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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Pioneers | |
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| Marun 'Abboud (1886-1962) | |
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| The Highway Robber | |
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| Dhannoun Ayyoub (1908-1988) | |
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| The Little Gods | |
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| Mahmoud Badawi (1910-1985) | |
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| The Snake | |
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| 'Ali al-Du'aji (1909-1949) | |
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| My Sleepless Nights | |
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| Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898-1987) | |
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| The Mailman | |
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| Yahya Haqqi (1905-1993) | |
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| The Divining Stones | |
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| Ja'far al-Khalili (1914-1984) | |
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| Grace | |
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| Mahmoud Taher Lashin (1895-1945) | |
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| "Hello" | |
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| Ibrahim 'Abd al-Qadir al-Mazini (1890-1949) | |
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| How I Became a Demon of the Jinn | |
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| Muhammad al-Muwailihi (1858?-1930) | |
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| The 'Umda in the Tavern | |
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| Mikha'il Nu'aima (1889-1987) | |
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| Um Ya'qub's Chickens | |
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| Jamal Sleem Nuweihed (1906-1994) | |
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| False Teeth | |
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| Fu'ad al-Shayib (1911-1970) | |
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| How Misery Was Born | |
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| Mahmoud Taymour (1894-1973) | |
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| The Elements of the Ablution | |
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| Short Stories | |
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| Amina 'Abdallah | |
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| Fury | |
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| Yahya Taher 'Abdallah (1942-1981) | |
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| Who'll Hang the Bell? | |
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| Ibrahim 'Abd al-Majeed (b. 1946) | |
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| The Tree and the Birds | |
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| Muhammad 'Abd al-Malik (b. 1944) | |
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| The Illusion | |
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| 'Abd al-llah 'Abd al-Qadir (b. 1940) | |
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| The Birthday Party | |
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| Muhammad 'Abd al-Wali (1940-1973) | |
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| Al-Sayyid Majid | |
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| Jamal Abu Hamdan (b. 1938) | |
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| The Cloud | |
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| Qais's Road Begins Here | |
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| Abu al-Ma'ati Abu al-Naja (b. 1938) | |
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| People and Love | |
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| 'Abd al-Hameed Ahmad (b. 1957) | |
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| The Alien Farmer | |
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| Temptation | |
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| Daisy al-Amir (1935) | |
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| The Next Step | |
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| Yusuf Habashi al-Ashqar (1929-1992) | |
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| The Banquet | |
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| Ibrahim Aslan (b. 1939) | |
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| In Search of an Address | |
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| Sa'id 'Aulaqi (b. 1940) | |
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| The Trial | |
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| Tawfiq Yusuf 'Awwad (1911-1989) | |
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| The Widow | |
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| Shukry 'Ayyad (1921-1999) | |
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| The Locksmith | |
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| Muhammad 'Aziza (b. 1940) | |
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| Vengeance | |
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| Samira 'Azzam (1925-1967) | |
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| Tears for Sale | |
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| Layla Ba'albaki (b. 1935) | |
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| From Mare to Mouse | |
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| Liana Badr (b. 1950) | |
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| Colors | |
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| Shawqi Baghdadi (1928) | |
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| Tanyus on Earth and Tanyus in Heaven | |
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| Salwa Bakr (b. 1949) | |
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| Doves on the Wing | |
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| Little Things Do Matter | |
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| Muhammad Barrada (b. 1938) | |
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| The Tale of the Severed Head | |
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| Muhammad al-Busati (b. 1936) | |
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| A Game of Pursuit | |
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| Zayd Mutee' Dammaj (1943-1998) | |
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| A Woman | |
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| Zaki Darwish (1944) | |
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| The Windows | |
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| Harib al-Dhahiri (b. 1964) | |
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| The Death of the Cane | |
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| Lutfiyya al-Dulaimi (1942) | |
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| Lighter Than Angels | |
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| Ahmad Ibrahim al-Faqih (b. 1942) | |
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| Love Me Tonight | |
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| Mustafa al-Farisi (b. 1931) | |
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| Who Knows? Maybe ... | |
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| Ilyas Farkouh (b. 1948) | |
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| Shoulders | |
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| Gha'ib Tu'ma Farman (1927-1990) | |
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| Uncle, Please Help Me Get Across | |
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| Jamal Fayiz (b. 1964) | |
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| The Reward | |
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| Sulaiman Fayyad (b. 1929) | |
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| The Gray-Colored Vehicle | |
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| Khalil al-Fuzayyi' (b. 1944) | |
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| The Autumn of Life | |
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| Fat-hi Ghanim (1924-1998) | |
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| The Engagement Present | |
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| Nadia Ghazzi (b. 1935) | |
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| The Man Who Saw His Own Funeral | |
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| Gamal al-Ghitani (b. 1945) | |
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| An Enlightenment to the People of This World | |
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| Huzama Habayib (b. 1965) | |
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| Heart Failure | |
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| Emile Habiby (1921-1996) | |
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| The Mandelbaum Gate | |
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| Ghalib Halasa (1937-1986) | |
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| A Midnight Visit | |
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| `Abd al-`Al al-Hamamsi (b. 1932) | |
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| Cain Suffocates the Moon | |
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| Akram Haniyyah (b. 1953) | |
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| That Village on That Morning | |
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| Jameel Hatmal (1956-1994) | |
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| How My Grandmother Was Murdered | |
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| Morning in the City | |
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| Haydar Haydar (b. 1936) | |
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| The Dance of the Savage Prairies | |
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| Gamil `Atiyya Ibrahim (b. 1937) | |
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| An Oil Painting | |
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| Ilfat Idilbi (b. 1912) | |
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| The Charm | |
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| The Women's Public Bath | |
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| Suhail Idris (b. 1925) | |
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| Nadia's Image | |
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| Yusuf Idris (1927-1991) | |
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| The Bet | |
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| An Egyptian Mona Lisa | |
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| A Very Egyptian Story | |
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| Walid Ikhlasi (b. 1935) | |
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| Madman | |
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| The Merry Night of the Dog | |
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| Isma`il Fahd Isma`il (b. 1940) | |
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| The Strange World of a Toy Store | |
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| Abdu Jubair (b. 1948) | |
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| Farewell: A Crown of Grass | |
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| Nasir Jubran (1953) | |
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| This Hardship Will Pass | |
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| Sa`id al-Kafrawi (b. 1939) | |
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| The Beautician and the Bride | |
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| Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972) | |
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| If You'd Been a Horse | |
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| Fu'ad Kan`an (1920-2001) | |
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| The Tram of Life | |
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| Wadad `Abd al-Latif al-Kawwari (1964) | |
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| Layla | |
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| Bushra Khalfan (1969) | |
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| The Takers | |
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| Shakir Khasbak (b. 1930) | |
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| Summer | |
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| Burhan al-Khatib (1944) | |
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| Autumn Clouds | |
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| Muhammad Khudayyir (b. 1940) | |
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| Clocks Like Horses | |
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| Ibrahim al-Koni (b. 1948) | |
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| The Pact | |
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| Musa Kraidi (b. 1940) | |
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| One Summer | |
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| Hasan al-Lawzi (b. 1952) | |
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| Thirst | |
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| Naguib Mahfouz (b. 1911) | |
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| Rendezvous | |
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| Under a Starlit Sky | |
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| Muhammad Makhzanji (b. 1950) | |
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| Blue Fly | |
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| The Girls' Ward | |
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| `Ali al-Makk (1937-1992) | |
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| The Case | |
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| `Alya Mamdouh (b. 1944) | |
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| Crossing Over | |
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| Samira al-Mana` (b. 1935) | |
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| The Billy Goat and the Menfolk | |
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| Hassouna Misbahi (b. 1950) | |
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| The Autumn of '81 | |
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| Muhammad al-Murr (b. 1954) | |
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| Smiling as Large as Life | |
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| Video | |
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| Sabri Musa (b. 1932) | |
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| Departure and Return | |
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| `Abd al-`Aziz al-Mushri (1954-2000) | |
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| The Dog | |
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| Sent with the Bearer | |
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| Mai Muzaffar (b. 1940) | |
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| Matches to Dry Wood | |
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| Emily Nasrallah (b. 1931) | |
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| The Miracle | |
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| `Abdallah al-Nasser (1953) | |
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| The Wolf | |
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| `Abd al-Malik Nouri (b. 1921) | |
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| The Waitress, the Newspaper Boy, and the Spring | |
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| Ghalia Qabbani (1953) | |
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| News on the Radio | |
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| Muntasir al-Qaffash (b. 1964) | |
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| The Sound of Footsteps | |
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| Yusuf al-Qa`id (b. 1944) | |
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| Rabab Gives Up Drawing | |
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| `Abd al-Hakeem Qasim (1935-1990) | |
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| A Winter Night | |
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| Fakhri Qa`war (1945) | |
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| Lord of My Times | |
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| You Might Get Rich Today | |
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| Mubarak Rabi` (b. 1935) | |
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| Zinah | |
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| Hani al-Rahib (1939-2000) | |
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| Not Only the Hyena | |
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| Hasan Rasheed (b. 1949) | |
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| The Final Message | |
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| Mu'nis al-Razzaz (1951-2002) | |
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| Abu Richard | |
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| Yasin Rifa`iyya (b. 1934) | |
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| The Child | |
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| The Dog | |
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| God and the Fish | |
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| Alifa Rif`at (1930-1995) | |
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| An Incident in the Ghobashi Household | |
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| Mahmoud al-Rimawi (b. 1948) | |
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| The Train | |
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| `Abd al-Rahman Majid al-Rubai`i (b. 1939) | |
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| The Kingdom of Bulls | |
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| `Abdallah Rukaibi (b. 1932) | |
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| The Fire Within | |
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| Noura al-Sa`d (1964) | |
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| The Pit | |
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| Nawal al-Sa`dawi (b. 1931) | |
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| The Demise of His Excellency the Minister | |
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| Hadia Sa`id (b. 1947) | |
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| She and I | |
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| Amin Salih (b. 1950) | |
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| The Barricade | |
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| Salima Salih (1942) | |
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| The Barrier | |
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| Tayyib Salih (b. 1929) | |
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| The Cypriot Man | |
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| George Salim (b. 1933) | |
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| Reactions | |
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| Ibrahim Samu'il (1951) | |
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| The Meeting | |
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| Mahdi `Issa Saqr (b. 1927) | |
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| Fresh Blood | |
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| Salma Matar Sayf [Maryam Abu Shibab] (b. 1961) | |
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| The Hymn | |
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| Mahmoud Shaheen (b. 1947) | |
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| Ordeal by Fire | |
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| Hanan al-Shaykh (b. 1945) | |
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| The Women's Swimming Pool | |
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| Muhammad al-Sharikh (b. 1937) | |
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| The Interrogation | |
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| Yusuf Sharouni (b. 1924) | |
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| Briefly | |
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| Sulaiman al-Shatti (b. 1943) | |
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| Obsession | |
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| Muhammad `Ali Taha (b. 1941) | |
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| The Evening Walk | |
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| Baha' Tahir (1935) | |
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| The Engagement | |
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| Fu'ad al-Takarli (b. 1927) | |
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| The Truth | |
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| Zakaria Tamir (b. 1929) | |
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| The Beards | |
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| What Took Place in the City That Was Asleep | |
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| Love | |
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| Tigers on the Tenth Day | |
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| Sahar Tawfiq (b. 1951) | |
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| In Search of a Wilderness | |
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| Maguid Tobia (b. 1938) | |
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| The Joker | |
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| `Abd al-Salam al-`Ujaili (b. 1918) | |
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| The Death of Muhammad Ben Ahmad Hinti | |
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| Layla al-`Uthman (b. 1945) | |
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| Going on a Journey | |
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| The Damned Insinuation | |
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| Faruq Wadi (b. 1949) | |
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| The Secret | |
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| Al-Taher Wattar (b. 1936) | |
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| The Martyrs Are Returning This Week | |
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| Muhammad al-Yahya'i (b. 1964) | |
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| The Death of the Good Citizen | |
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| Hussa Yusuf (1948) | |
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| The Turning Point | |
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| Muhammad Zafzaf (1945-2001) | |
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| Men and Mules | |
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| Latifa al-Zayyat (1923-1996) | |
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| The Narrow Path | |
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| Selections from Novels | |
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| Radwa Ashour (1946) | |
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| Granada | |
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| Layla al-Atrash (b. 1945) | |
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| A Woman of Five Seasons (1990) | |
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| Liana Badr | |
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| The Stars Over Jericho (1993) | |
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| Halim Barakat (1936) | |
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| The Crane (1988) | |
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| Huda Barakat (b. 1952) | |
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| People of Passion (1993) | |
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| Najwa Barakat (1961) | |
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| The People's Bus (1996) | |
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| Saleem Barakat (b. 1951) | |
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| Sages of Darkness (1985) | |
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| Muhammad Barrada | |
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| Game of Forgetfulness (1993) | |
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| Mohamed Choukri [Muhammad Shukri] (b. 1935) | |
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| A Time for Errors (1992) | |
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| Ghazi A. Algosaibi (b. 1940) | |
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| An Apartment Called Freedom | |
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| Emile Habiby | |
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| The Secret Life of Sa`eed, the Ill-Fated Pessoptimist | |
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| BenSalim Himmish (1949) | |
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| Power Crazy (1990) | |
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| Moussa Wuld Ibno (b. 1956) | |
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| City of Winds (1996) | |
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| Sun'allah Ibrahim (b. 1937) | |
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| The Committee (1981) | |
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| Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (1920-1994) | |
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| Search for Walid Mas`ud (1978) | |
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| Ghassan Kanafani | |
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| All That's Left to You (1966) | |
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| Edward al-Kharrat (b. 1926) | |
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| Rama and the Dragon (1972) | |
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| Ilias Khouri (b. 1948) | |
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| City Gates | |
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| Naguib Mahfouz (b. 1911) | |
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| The Thief and the Dogs | |
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| Hanna Mina (b. 1924) | |
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| Fragments of Memory (1975) | |
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| `Abd al-Rahman Munif (1933-2003) | |
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| Trees and the Murder of Marzouq (1973) | |
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| Ibrahim Nasrallah (b. 1954) | |
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| Prairies of Fever (1984) | |
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| Hani al-Rahib (1939-2000) | |
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| The Epidemic (1981) | |
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| Mu'nis al-Razzaz | |
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| Alive in the Dead Sea | |
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| Yasin Rifa`iyya | |
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| The Hallway | |
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| Ghada Samman (b. 1942) | |
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| Nightmares of Beirut (1976) | |
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| Ahmad al-Tawfiq (b. 1943) | |
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| Abu Musa's Neighbors (2000) | |
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| Jurji Zaydan (1861-1914) | |
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| Al-Amin and Al-Ma'mun | |