What 'isa Ibn Hisham Told Us - Or, a Period of Time

This "masterpiece of early twentieth-century Arabic prose, penned by the Egyptian journalist Muòhammad al-Muwayliòhåi, ... was first introduced in serialized form in his family's pioneering newspaper ... and later published in book form in 1907. Widely hailed for its erudition and mordant wit, [it] 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, [it's] divided into two parts. Sarcastic in tone and critical in outlook, the first part of the book relates the excursions of its narrator ... and his companion ... 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-Muwayliòhåi casts a critical eye on European society, modernity, and the role of Western imperialism as it ripples across the globe.

About the author

Muhammad al-Muwaylihi

Product details

• Authors: Muhammad Al Muwaylihi, Al-Muwayli&, Muhammad Al-Muwaylihi, Muhammad/ Allen Al-muwaylihi, Muohammad Muwayliohai
• Assisted by: Roger Allen (Translation)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781479840915
• ISBN: 978-1-4798-4091-5
• No. of pages: 524
• Series: Library of Arabic Literature; Library of Arabic Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ägypten, Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Naher und Mittlerer Osten, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte