A Reader of modern Arabic short stories

"Designed for the English-speaking student, this reader brings together the Arabic texts of 11 modern Arabic short stories. Each is preceded by an introduction in English, containing biographical information about the author and a critical analysis of the story."@en
"Designed for the English-speaking student, this reader brings together the Arabic texts of 11 modern Arabic short stories. Each is preceded by an introduction in English, containing biographical information about the author and a critical analysis of the story."
"This reader consists of the full Arabic texts of eleven short stories by established Egyptian, Iraqi, Syrian and Jordanian writers. The earliest story, written in 1929, is by the Egyptian Ma?mud?ahir Lashin; and the most recent, written in 1972, is by the Iraqi writer, Fu'ad Al-Takarli. Each story is supplemented by an introduction, with biographical information about the author, placing him in his literary context; a description of the contents; and a brief analysis of the story itself, in English. Ideal for students of Arabic language and literature, the aim of this collection is to encoura."@en