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Matter of Fate The Concept of Fate in the Arab World As Reflected in Modern Arabic Literature

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ISBN-10: 0195133986

ISBN-13: 9780195133981

Edition: 2001

Authors: Dalya Cohen-Mor

List price: $210.00
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This study examines the concept of fate in Arab culture through the lens of literature. Drawing on Arab folklore, poetry, fiction and social studies, Cohen-Mor presents numerous illustrations of the pervasiveness of the belief in fate.
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Book details

List price: $210.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/3/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.30" wide x 8.90" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Dalya Mor is a literary scholar and anthologist. She received her PhD in Arabic Language and Literature from Georgetown University, USA, and is currently affiliated with George Washington University, USA.

Acknowledgements
Key to the Transliteration
List of Translated Stories
Introduction
A Matter of Fate
The Principle of the Prime Mover
The Agent of Corrosion
The Prison of Life
The Yoke of Tradition
The Female Experience
The Trap of Poverty and Tyranny
The Random Arbiter
The Double-Edged Sword
Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Permissions
Index