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What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us: Or, A Period of Time (Library of Arabic Literature, 37)
ISBN-13:
9781479840915
ISBN-10:
1479840912
Edition:
Bilingual
Author:
Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī
Publication date:
2018
Publisher:
NYU Press
Format:
Paperback
524 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781479840915
ISBN-10:
1479840912
Edition:
Bilingual
Author:
Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī
Publication date:
2018
Publisher:
NYU Press
Format:
Paperback
524 pages
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What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us: Or, A Period of Time (Library of Arabic Literature, 37) (ISBN-13: 9781479840915 and ISBN-10: 1479840912), written by authors
Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī, was published by NYU Press in 2018.
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Trenchant and witty critiques of life in Cairo under British ruleWhat 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us is a masterpiece of early 20th-century Arabic prose. Penned by the Egyptian journalist Muhammad al-Muwaylihi, this highly original work was first introduced in serialized form in his family’s pioneering newspaper Misbah al-Sharq (Light of the East) and later published in book form in 1907. Widely hailed for its erudition and mordant wit, What 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us was embraced by Egypt’s burgeoning reading public and soon became required reading for generations of school students.Bridging classical genres and modern Arabic fiction, What 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us is divided into two parts. Sarcastic in tone and critical in outlook, the first part of the book relates the excursions of its narrator, 'Isa ibn Hisham, and his companion, the Pasha, through a rapidly westernizing Cairo and provides vivid commentary on a society negotiating—however imperfectly—the clash between traditional norms and imported cultural values. The second half takes the narrator to Paris to visit the Exposition Universelle of 1900, where al-Muwaylihi casts a 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 Us is invaluable both for its insight into colonial Egypt and its pioneering role in Arabic literary history.
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