Classical Arabic stories : an anthology / edited and with an introduction by Salma Khadra Jayyusi.

Short fiction was an immensely popular art in the medieval and premodern Arab world, providing the perfect vehicle for transmitting the tenets of classical Islam. Reading these texts today illuminates the wide spectrum of early Arab life and suggests the influences and innovations that flourished so...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Jayyusi, Salma Khadra
Format:	eBook
Language:	English Arabic
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:	Arabic literature > Translations into English. Arabic prose literature. Tales > Arab countries. Folk literature, Arabic. Arabs > Folklore. Arabic literature. Arabs. Tales. Arab countries. Literatures. Translations.