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Basrayatha: Portrait of a City: A Modern Arabic Novel (Modern Arabic Literature (Hardcover)) by Mohammed Khudayyir is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Basrayatha is a literary tribute by author Mohammed Khudayyir to the city of his birth, Basra, on the Shatt al-Arab waterway in southern Iraq. Just as a city's inhabitants differ from outsiders through their knowledge of its streets as well as its stories, so Khudayyir distinguishes between the real city of Basra and Basrayatha, the imagined city he has created through stories, experiences, and folklore.<br> <br> By turns a memoir, a travelogue, a love letter, and a meditation, Basrayatha summon

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Author

Mohammed Khudayyir

Publisher

The American University in Cairo Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781617971693

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

4 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-25