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1	The Journey of Ibn Fattouma more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator), Najib Mahfuz add to wishlist First published in Arabic in 1983, this brief but powerful parable is presented as the journal of a traveler known as Ibn Fattouma. A mystical, lyrical Pilgrim's Progress set in a mythical, timeless Middle East, by the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions
2	Arabic Short Stories more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies add to wishlist An alleyway of Tangier as seen through the eyes of a prostitute, the price paid by a sophisticated Cairene philanderer for his infatuation with a young bedouin girl, the callous treatment a young wife receives from the man to whom she has been married. These are some of the themes of the twenty-four stories in this volume, each by a different ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.75! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies (Editor) add to wishlist This dazzling anthology features the work of seventy-nine outstanding writers from all over the Arab-speaking world, from Morocco in the west to Iraq in the east, Syria in the north to Sudan in the south. Edited by Denys Johnson-Davies, called by Edward Said "the leading Arabic-to-English translator of our time," this treasury of Arab voices is ... see all copies from $2.66! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Echoes of an Autobiography more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator), Nadine Gordimer (Foreword by) add to wishlist Readers of Mahfouz's fiction will find many of the same themes that run through his fiction in this autobiography--his preoccupation with old age, death and life's transitory moments--all treated with his characteristic wry good humor. Also of special interest is a number of passages that he devotes to the aphoristic sayings of the traditional ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
5	The Time and the Place and Other Stories more books like this by Naguib Mahfouz, Denys Johnson-Davies (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.77! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Under the Naked Sky: Short Stories from the Arab World more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator) add to wishlist Drawing on an intimate knowledge of modern Arabic writing, Denys Johnson-Davies brings together a colourful mosaic of life as lived and portrayed by Arabs from Morocco to Iraq. From a diverse area of the world with the common factor of a written language, these thirty stories tell of an old Moroccan peasant woman who kills snakes; an Iraqi soldier ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $13.60! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Houses Behind the Trees more books like this by Mohamed El-Bisatie, Muhammad Bisati, Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator) add to wishlist Set in a small village in the Egyptian Delta, El-Bisatie's finely tuned novella illustrates the social and sexual tensions in a community in which nothing is secret and where people's pasts haunt their present. When Mussad catches the butcher's son Amer with his wife, the whole village knows and waits with bated breath for Mussad to exact his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
8	Goha the Wise Fool more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies (Retold by), Hag Hamdy (Illustrator), Mohamed Fattouh (Illustrator) add to wishlist Collected by one of the Middle East's most prestigious translators and illustrated in whimsical handsewn "khimeyas," this is a joyful celebration of the best of Goha, one of folklore's most unexpected and beloved heroes. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.81! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Lamp of Umm Hashim and Other Stories more books like this by Yahya Hakki, Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator) add to wishlist Together with such figures as the scholar Taha Hussein, the playwright Tawfik al-Hakim, the short story writer Mahmoud Teymour and - of course - Nagulb Mahfouz, Yahya Hakki belongs to that distinguished band of early writers who, midway through the last century, under the influence of Western literature, began to practice genres of creative ... see all copies from $2.24! new only from $10.12! \| SVS
10	Final Night: Short Stories more books like this by Buthaina Al Nasiri, Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator) add to wishlist This is a new paperback edition of this collection of powerful short stories by an Iraqi writer.Love and death and the passage between entry into the world and exit from it are the focus of this collection of short stories. Buthaina Al Nasiri is an Iraqi author who has lived in Cairo since 1979. Despite this physical and temporal distance from her ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $13.13! \| SVS
11 view cover	Hunger more books like this by Mohamed El-Bisatie, Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator) add to wishlist As with his earlier works, Mohamed El-Bisatie's novel is set in the Egyptian countryside, about which he writes with such understanding. Episodic in form, it deals with a family - Zagholoul the layabout father, Sakeena the long-suffering wife, and two young boys. The central theme of the book is hunger: the hunger of not knowing where one's next ... see all copies from $5.39! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
12	Tigers on the Tenth Day more books like this by Zakaria Tamer, Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator), Zakariya Tamir add to wishlist Satirical stories of Syria and the Arab world look at the abuse of power by m over women, the rich over the poor, and the strong over the weak. see all copies from $11.71! new only from $11.71! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Hedgehog more books like this by Zakaria Tamer, Brian O'Rourke (Translator), Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator) add to wishlist A new novella from the veteran Syrian writer, with some of his classic stories see all copies from $9.65! new only from $14.21! \| SVS
14 view cover	Forty Hadith more books like this by Ezzeddin Ibrahim (Translator), Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator) add to wishlist This collection of 40 hadith by one of the most notable compilers of hadith provides a useful introduction to the study of the Prophet's sayings, which, together with the Qur'an, contains the essential teachings of Islam. The Arabic original has been printed alongside the English translation for the benefit of those with a knowledge of Arabic. see all copies from $14.95! new only from $14.95!
15 view cover	The Island of Animals more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies, Naim Attallah add to wishlist 'An ideal Anthology for the study of the Islamic tradition, from the Qur'an to classical texts of Islamic law and mysticism.... provides readers with excellent translations, faithful to the original texts but rendered in clear prose, of classical Islamic source materials.' - John L. Esposito, Loyola Professor of Middle East Studies, College of the ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $43.70!
16	Modern Arabic short stories more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Wedding of Zein & Other Stories more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator), Tayeb Salih, Al-Tayyib Salih add to wishlist see all copies from $9.38! new only from $16.98!
18 view cover	In a Fertile Desert: Modern Writing from the United Arab Emirates more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies (Selected by) add to wishlist This is a new collection of short fiction from the Arabian Gulf. Here, for the first time, is a volume of short stories from this commercially and culturally vital and vibrant center of the Arab world. Life before oil in this region was harsh, and many of the stories in this collection - by both men and women from all corners of the country - tell ... see all copies from $8.43! new only from $8.43! \| SVS
19	Distant View of a Minaret more books like this by Alifa Rifaat, Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator), Alifah Rif'at add to wishlist see all copies from $7.09! new only from $24.99! \| first editions
20	Egyptian short stories more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies add to wishlist see all copies from $3.41!
21 view cover	Memories in Translation: A Life Between the Lines of Arabic Literature more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies, Naguib Mahfouz (Foreword by) add to wishlist Nobody has done more for modern Arabic literature in translation than Denys Johnson-Davies, described by the late Edward Said as "the leading Arabic-English translator of our time." With more than twenty-five volumes of translated Arabic novels, short stories, plays, and poetry to his name, and a career spanning some sixty years, he has brought ... see all copies from $15.95! new only from $16.11!
22 view cover	The Essential Tawfiq al-Hakim: Plays, Fiction, Autobiography more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies (Editor) add to wishlist This work includes a selection of the most important prose and stage works of the great Egyptian playwright, brought together by the leading translator of Arabic literature. The importance of Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898-1989) to the emergence of a modern Arabic literature is second only to that of Naguib Mahfouz. If the latter put the novel among the ... see all copies from $15.16! new only from $17.34! \| SVS
23	Aladdin and the Lamp more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator), Walid Taher (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS
24	Animal Tales from the Arab World more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator), Eda S. Ghali (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $18.10! SVS
25 view cover	The Fate of a Prisoner more books like this by Denys Johnson-Davies add to wishlist These 15 stories regard the cultural complexities of Arab nations that ensue when cross-cultural love affairs and political relationships develop. see all copies from $1.99! SVS

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