Contents
Preface
Publications of Mounah A. Khouri
Introduction: Mounah A. Khouri
My Demon and I (A Poem)
Gibran's Concept of Modernity
The Greek Cultural Heritage and the Odyssey of Modern Arab Poets
Nasser and the Death of Elegy in Modern Arabic Poetry
Ibrāhīm Tūqāns Poem "Red Tuesday"
Modem Arabic Poetry and the Fragmentation of Self Text
Contesting Languages: Tawfīq Yūsuf 'Awwād's Tawāhīu: Bayrūt
A Different Voice: The Novels of Ibrāhīm AI-Kawnī
Instead of the Song of the Nightingale
Modern Arab Theater: The Journey Back
Film and Pharaonism: Shādī 'Abd al-Salāru's Eloquent Peasant
The Last Days of Imru' aI-Qays: Anatolia
Imru' aI-Qays Praises the Prophet
Allegory of the Soul: A Reading of Rūmī's Arabic Poetry
Contributors
Index