Arabic Language Materials at the UIUC Library: Literature

The region of Najd in Central Arabia has always been regarded as inaccessible, ringed by a belt of sand deserts, and often with its population at odds with the rulers of the outer settled lands. The region is a powerhouse of dialect influence so that Najdi-based dialects are spoken all along the Gulf Coast and throughout most of the Syrian Desert. Interest in these dialects has led to a number of recent studies of their oral literature and of the morphology and phonology.

Gives you up-to-date expressions, jargon and new coinages for modern concepts in media Arabic.

Stories of the owners of letters, which they wrote and lost at sea. The novel evokes messages, which intersect like the fates of these strangers. They are the immigrants, the deportees, or the homeless exiles, orphans of their countries that were broken by the days and turned their lives upside down.

Comprises three short stories: “Umm Ahmed,” “Morning Roses” and “ Good Evening.”

The Traitorous Translator: A Novel
Shortlisted Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction “Booker” 2009.

In Modern Arabic Poetry, Waed Athamneh addresses enduring questions raised from the 1950s to the present as she investigates the impact of past and contemporary Middle Eastern politics on its poetry.

Two voices / Gibrān Khalīl Gibrān -- Light / Amīn al-Rīḥānī -- My brother; Autumn leaves ; Peace of mind; Struggle / Mikhāʼīl Nuʻaymah -- Cryptic charms / Īlīyā Abū Māḍī -- Canto I: King in the air; etc.