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What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us: Or, A Period of Time (Library of Arabic Literature Book 37) by Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī; Roger Allen; Maria Golia is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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This "masterpiece of early twentieth-century Arabic prose, penned by the Egyptian journalist Muòhammad al-Muwayliòhåi, ... was first introduced in serialized form in his family's pioneering newspaper ... and later published in book form in 1907. Widely hailed for its erudition and mordant wit, [it] was embraced by Egypt's burgeoning reading public and soon became required reading for generations of school students. Bridging classical genres and modern Arabic fiction, [it's] divided into two part
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- Author
- Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī; Roger Allen; Maria Golia
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781479840915
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Collections, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
- What ʻĪsá ibn Hisham told us, or, A period of time 2 (2015)
- What ʻĪsá ibn Hisham told us, or, A period of time. Volume two (2015)
- What 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us: or, A Period of Time, Volume One (Library of Arabic Literature (54)) (2015)
- What ʻĪsā ibn Hishām told us, or, A period of time. Volume one 1 (2015)
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