Jonas Elbousty is the director of undergraduate studies and of the Arabic Summer Abroad Program at Yale University. He has worked extensively with the Defense Language Institute and other organizations to provide training and testing services. Elbousty is the author of Media Arabic: Journalistic Discourse for Advanced Students of Arabic, the coauthor of Advanced Arabic Literary Reader, and coauthor of Vitality and Dynamism: Interstitial Dialogues of Language, Politics, and Religion in Morocco's Literary Tradition.
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FOREWORD BY ROGER ALLENINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 [IRAN] [ABOUT IRAN] # : [NIZAR HUSSAIN RASHID: A LIGHTED WINDOW] : [AYMAN DARWISH: THE KINGDOM OF SILENCE] : [NIZAR HUSSAIN RASHID: SHADOW OF A WOMAN]CHAPTER 2 [UAE] [ABOUT THE UAE] : [SHARIFA AL HINAI: THE HEAT] : [MANAR AL HINAI: FROM LOVE THAT KILLED KHALFAN] : [SANAA HUSSEIN AL-MARZOUKI: YOUR PRESENCE]CHAPTER 3 [BAHRAIN] [ABOUT BAHRAIN] : [ABDULLAH KHALIFA: BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS] : [HAMDA KHAMIS: IN THE REHAB OF SOLITUDE]CHAPTER 4 [ALGERIA] [ABOUT ALGERIA] : [ISSA BIN MAHMOUD: RITE OF WRATH] : [MUHAMMAD AL-SALEH QARF: A SENSE OF PLACE] : [SOBHA BGHORA: TEARS WITH A HEARTBEAT]CHAPTER 5 [SAUDI ARABIA] [ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA] : [ZAINAB HEFNI: A WOMAN ON THE CRATER OF A VOLCANO] : [MAJED SULEIMAN: A CHILDHOOD WOVEN BY A GRANDFATHER'S PROPHECY] : [MOHAMMED AL-RASHIDI: SPIT]CHAPTER 6 [SUDAN] [ABOUT SUDAN] : [ABDEL AZIZ BARAKA SAKEN: TEETH DO NOT SING] : [EMAD AL-BLAIK: THE HOLY CAT] : [ADEL YOUSSEF: AL-BASAS'S MANUSCRIPT AFTER HIS LAST NIGHTMARE]CHAPTER 7 [SOMALIA] [ABOUT SOMALIA] : [KHADIJA SHUKRI: LET'S KEEP THE DOOR AJAR AFTER EVERY IDEA, AS THERE ARE DEGREES OF COLORS] : [NORA MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM: I HATE THAT WOMAN] : [HAIFA HUSSEIN ABED: A DEFERRED HATE MESSAGE]CHAPTER 8 [IRAQ] [ABOUT IRAQ]# : [MUHAMMAD ALWAN JABR: THE HISTORY OF A CHARIOT] : [ABDUL-JABBAR AL-HAMDI: MAY I HAVE A GLASS OF WHISKEY?]CHAPTER 9 [KUWAIT] [ABOUT KUWAIT] : [TASNEEM YAHYA AL HABIB: THE SMELL OF MEMORY] : [LAILA AL-OTHMAN: THE ABAYA HAS ANOTHER FACE] : [REHAB AL-HINDI: THE DELIRIUM OF A HALF-SANE WOMAN]CHAPTER 10 [MOROCCO] [ABOUT MOROCCO] : [MUHAMMAD AL-BALI: BETRAYED HIS LIFE] : [ABDUL-JABBAR AL-ALAMI: THE MILL] : [ZAHRAT EZZ: A MIDNIGHT NIGHTMARE]CHAPTER 11 [YEMEN] [ABOUT YEMEN] : [NADIA KAWKABANI: THE TROUBLES] : [HANAN AL-WADI'I: THERE ARE MANY CHANCES TO DIE] : [MOHIELDIN GERMA: STOLEN MOMENTS]CHAPTER 12 [TUNISIA] [ABOUT TUNISIA] : [ZAHREH ZAHIR: SPACE FOR A DREAM] : [IBRAHIM DARGHOUTI: HEAVEN'S APPLES]CHAPTER 13 [SYRIA] [ABOUT SYRIA] : [ZAKARIA TAMER: TIGERS ON THE TENTH DAY] : [SALWA AL NUAIMI: PROOF OF HONEY] : [JAMIL TAMAL: THE GIRL IN THE WHITE STRAW HAT]CHAPTER 14 [OMAN] [ABOUT OMAN] : [LAILA AL BALUSHI: A GIRL NAMED RAWYA] : [ZOUINA AL TOWAYH: PHOTOS AND DETAILS] : [MUHAMMAD BIN ABDUL RAHMAN KART AL JAZMI: WAVES DO NOT CALM DOWN]CHAPTER 15 [PALESTINE] [ABOUT PALESTINE] : [MAHMOUD SHUKAIR: PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE] : [NIDIA KAYALI': I SAW IT IN YOUR CUP]CHAPTER 16 [QATAR] [ABOUT QATAR] : [DALAL KHALIFA: IN MY POCKET] : [JAMAL FAYEZ: THE WOODEN DOOR] : [JAMAL FAYEZ: THE SHADOW IS BURNING]CHAPTER 17 [LEBANON] [ABOUT LEBANON] : : [MICHAEL NAIMA: THE SWORD AND THE REED]CHAPTER 18 [LIBYA] [ABOUT LIBYA]# : [AMAL FARAJ AL-AYADI: WET CURD] : [AMAL FARAJ AL-AYADI: A TALE OF TOMATOES, COTTON, AND EMPTINESS] : [RADWAN ABU SHWEISHA: IT'S ELEVEN O'CLOCK, THIEVES TIME]CHAPTER 19 [EGYPT] [ABOUT EGYPT] : [NAGUIB MAHFOUZ: THE WISDOM OF DEATH] : [MAMDOUH RIZK: PLAYING WITH BUBBLES] : [AIDA BADR: THE BRIDGE]CHAPTER 20 [MAURITANIA] [ABOUT MAURITANIA] : [UMM KULTHUM AL-MAALI: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SALESWOMAN] : [AHMED OULD ASLAM: THE FUGITIVE FRAGRANCE] : [GAMAL OULD MOHAMED OMAR: COMA]ABOUT THE AUTHOR