The Modern Arabic Short Story

Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Introduction to the First Edition Introduction to the Second Edition PART ONE: A CRITICAL STUDY The Situation of the Short Story Sindbad; The Other Voyage The Old Sindbad: An Image of Fellowship and Settlement The Modern Sindbad: A Portrait of a Bleak House The Sindbad Poetry of the Short Story Towards a Modern Sensibility 'Sindbad the Porter': A House with a View 'The Faces of Sindbad': A House in Exile 'Sindbad on his Eighth Voyage': A House Restored 'The Sindbad City': Out of Place 'The Seven Voyages of Sindbad': A Nightmare Voyage 'Abd Allah Samsa in Waqwaq Island': Sindbad Persecuted 'Sindbad' from 'Old Sorrows; Five Tales from The Arabian Nights ': Sindbad on Sale Shahrazad: The Eternal Perspective 'Spring in the Ashes': The Hope of Regeneration 'The Blue Charm and the Return of Jubaynah': The Vision of Return 'The Orphans' Cow': Alienation and Dream 'Abu-Zayd Surrenders': Struggle for Survival 'Shatir Hasan and the Season of Drought': Surviving the Struggle Aladdin's Lamp without Oil 'Night 1002': Mirror with No Light 'An Oil Slick': A Broken Mirror on the Sea 'Antarah Ibn Zabibah: Faris without Furusiyyah Conclusion PART TWO: A SELECTION OF TEXTS 'The Death of Sindbad; Michael 'Aflaq 'Sindbad and his Mistress; Michael 'Aflaq 'Sindbad the Porter'; Najib Surur 'Sindbad on his Eighth Voyage'; Khalil Hawi 'The Sindbad City'; Badr al-Sayyab 'Abd Allah Samsa in Waqwaq Island'; Mustafa al-Masnawi 'Sindbad' from 'Old Sorrows; Five Tales from the Arabian Nights'; Mohammad al-Mansi Qandil 'Spring in the Ashes'; Zakariyya Tamir 'The Blue Charm and the Return of Jubaynah'; Emile Habibi 'The Orphan's Cow'; Mahmud Shuqair 'Abu-Zayd Surrenders'; Hassan Muhassib 'Shatir Hassan and the Season of Drought'; Akram Haniyyah 'Night 1002'; Riyad al-Marzuqi 'An Oil Slick'; Sulayman Shatti 'Antarah Ibn Zabibah; Faysal Khartash Glossary Bibliography Index