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Published on: 11/1/2008
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and Ferial J. Ghazoul
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ith its broad scope and extensive research, this book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Arabic literature, women's studies, or comparative literature.Contributors: Emad Abu Ghazi, Radwa Ashour, Mohammed Berrada, Ferial J. Ghazoul, Subhi Hadidi, Haydar Ibrahim, Yumna al-'Id, Su'ad al-Mani', Iman al-Qadi, Amina Rachid, Huda al-Sadda, Hatim al-Sakr.
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FERIAL J. GHAZOUL is an Iraqi scholar, critic, and translator.
She is professor of English and comparative literature at the American University in Cairo, and editor of Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics.
She has written extensively on gender issues in modern and medieval literature and is the author of Nocturnal Poetics: The Arabian Nights in Comparative Context (AUC Press, 1996).
ASNA REDA-MEKDASHI is a Lebanese publisher, former director of the prominent child literature publishing house Dar al-Fata al-Arabi, and founding member and managing director of Nour: Foundation for Arab Women's Research and Studies, Cairo.
She initiated and co-edited the Nour Quarterly Journal for reviews of Arab women's books, and initiated and co-directed the First Arab Women's Book Fair in Cairo in 1995.