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Yahya Hakki - The Lamp of Umm Hashim - 9789774249709 - V9789774249709
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The Lamp of Umm Hashim

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Description for The Lamp of Umm Hashim Paperback. Describes individuals who somehow manage to scrape through life's hardships. Translator(s): Johnson-Davies, Denys. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.

The first of several works in Arabic to deal with the way in which an individual tries to come to terms with two divergent cultures

Together with such figures as the scholar Taha Hussein, the playwright Tawfik al-Hakim, the short story writer Mahmoud Teymour and—of course—Naguib Mahfouz, Yahya Hakki belongs to that distinguished band of early writers who, midway through the last century, under the influence of Western literature, began to practice genres of creative writing that were new to the traditions of classical Arabic.

In the first story in this volume, the very short ‘‘Story in the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774249709
SKU
V9789774249709
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Yahya Hakki
Yahya Hakki (1905–92) started life as a lawyer and then served in different parts of the world as a diplomat. After resigning from the diplomatic service he devoted himself wholly to writing and became one of that small group of exceptionally talented men who, some half a century ago, laid the foundations ... Read more

Reviews for The Lamp of Umm Hashim
"The Lamp of Umm Hashim is not only looked upon as one of the most important pieces of writing in the so-called renaissance of Arabic literature in the 20th century, it is also one of the most well-loved and popular stories that came out of the period."—Cairo Times

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