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Description:WithWhat ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Us, the Library of Arabic Literature brings readers an acknowledged masterpiece of early 20th-century Arabic prose. Penned by the Egyptian journalist Muhammad al-Muwaylihi, this exceptional title was first introduced in serialized form in his family s pioneering newspaperMisbah al-Sharq(Light of the East), on which this edition is based, and later published in book form in 1907. Widely hailed for its erudition and its mordant wit, What ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Uswas embraced by Egypt s burgeoning reading public and soon became required reading for generations of Egyptian school students. Bridging classical genres and the emerging tradition of modern Arabic fiction, What ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Usis divided into two parts, the second of which was only added to the text with the fourth edition of 1927. Sarcastic in tone and critical in outlook, the book relates the excursions of its narrator ?Isa ibn Hisham and his companion, the Pasha, through a rapidly Westernized Cairo at the height of British occupation, providing vivid commentary of a society negotiating however imperfectly the clash of imported cultural values and traditional norms of conduct, law, and education. The Second Journey takes the narrator to Paris to visit the Exposition Universelle of 1900, where al-Muwaylihi casts the same relentlessly critical eye on European society, modernity, and the role of Western imperialism as it ripples across the globe. Paving the way for the modern Arabic novel, What ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Usis invaluable both for its sociological insight into colonial Egypt and its pioneering role in Arabic literary history. "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us: or, A Period of Time, Volume One (Library of Arabic Literature, 54). To get started finding What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us: or, A Period of Time, Volume One (Library of Arabic Literature, 54), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: WithWhat ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Us, the Library of Arabic Literature brings readers an acknowledged masterpiece of early 20th-century Arabic prose. Penned by the Egyptian journalist Muhammad al-Muwaylihi, this exceptional title was first introduced in serialized form in his family s pioneering newspaperMisbah al-Sharq(Light of the East), on which this edition is based, and later published in book form in 1907. Widely hailed for its erudition and its mordant wit, What ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Uswas embraced by Egypt s burgeoning reading public and soon became required reading for generations of Egyptian school students. Bridging classical genres and the emerging tradition of modern Arabic fiction, What ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Usis divided into two parts, the second of which was only added to the text with the fourth edition of 1927. Sarcastic in tone and critical in outlook, the book relates the excursions of its narrator ?Isa ibn Hisham and his companion, the Pasha, through a rapidly Westernized Cairo at the height of British occupation, providing vivid commentary of a society negotiating however imperfectly the clash of imported cultural values and traditional norms of conduct, law, and education. The Second Journey takes the narrator to Paris to visit the Exposition Universelle of 1900, where al-Muwaylihi casts the same relentlessly critical eye on European society, modernity, and the role of Western imperialism as it ripples across the globe. Paving the way for the modern Arabic novel, What ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Usis invaluable both for its sociological insight into colonial Egypt and its pioneering role in Arabic literary history. "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us: or, A Period of Time, Volume One (Library of Arabic Literature, 54). To get started finding What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us: or, A Period of Time, Volume One (Library of Arabic Literature, 54), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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