What ?Isa ibn Hisham Told UsAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 10 April 2018
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Trenchant and witty critiques of life in Cairo under British ruleWhat E¿ÄªsÄ? ibn HishÄ?m Told Us is a masterpiece of early twentieth-century Arabic prose. Penned by the Egyptian journalist Muá,¥ammad al-Muwayliá,¥Ä«, this highly original work was first introduced in serialized form in his familyâ?Ts pioneering newspaper Miá1£bÄ?á,¥ al-Sharq (Light of the East) and later published in book form in 1907. Widely hailed for its erudition and mordant wit, What E¿ÄªsÄ? ibn HishÄ?m Told Us was embraced by Egyptâ?Ts burgeoning reading public and soon became required reading for generations of school students. Bridging classical genres and modern Arabic fiction, What E¿ÄªsÄ? ibn HishÄ?m Told Us is divided into two parts. Sarcastic in tone and critical in outlook, the first part of the book relates the excursions of its narrator, E¿ÄªsÄ? ibn HishÄ?m, and his companion, the Pasha, through a rapidly westernizing Cairo and provides vivid commentary on a society negotiatingâ?"however imperfectlyâ?"the clash between traditional norms and imported cultural values. The second half takes the narrator to Paris to visit the Exposition Universelle of 1900, where al-Muwaylihi casts a critical eye on European society, modernity, and the role of Western imperialism as it ripples across the globe. Paving the way for the modern Arabic novel, What E¿ÄªsÄ? ibn HishÄ?m Told Us is invaluable both for its insight into colonial Egypt and its pioneering role in Arabic literary history. An English-only edition.
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