{"product_id":"9780863564147","title":"Emerging Arab Voices: Nadwa 1: A Bilingual Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This is a well chosen collection of some of the best Arab writers I've come across, with a broad spectrum of themes, well chosen and beautifully rendered into English.\"—Raja Shehadeh, author of \u003ci\u003ePalestinian Walks\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn November 2009, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction organized a workshop for eight critically acclaimed writers from Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bilingual volume brings together the pieces produced during this workshop, showcasing the creativity of a younger generation of Arab writers. A range of styles and themes are explored: from Egyptian social realism to a tale from the deserts of Darfur, a grim Tunisian allegory, family drama in Saudi Arabia, and a story about home and exile in Sana’a.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes a foreword co-written by Inaam Kachachi, an Iraqi born writer whose debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe American Granddaughter \u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the 2008–2009 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and the Lebanese author Jabbour Douaihy, whose novel \u003ci\u003eJune Rain\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2007–2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter Clark\u003c\/b\u003e is a Middle East specialist, a trustee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eBanipal\u003c\/i\u003e . He has translated fiction, history, drama, and poetry from Arabic since 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saqi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032945639664,"sku":"9780863564147","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780863564147_p0.jpg?v=1763836467","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780863564147","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}