A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature (25 page)

Stream of Days, The
, Taha Hussein
50–1
,
52

Sugar Street
, Naguib Mahfouz
66
,
69
,
149

Sulayman of Aleppo
(play), Alfred Farag
129

Sultan’s Dilemma, The
(play), Tawfiq al-Hakim
130

Surur, Naguib
159

Surur, Shohdy
159

al-Tahawy, Miral
136–8
,
145

al-Taher Abdullah, Yahya
36

Tahir, Baha
133

Talaat Harb Street, Cairo
13

tarboush
against turban
51
,
52

Taymour, Mahmoud
53

Telmissany, May,
Dunyazad
145–6

Tent, The
, Miral al-Tahawy
136

theatres
129

Thief and the Dogs, The
, Naguib Mahfouz
70

Tiller of Waters, The
, Hoda Barakat
152

Tragedy of al-Hallaj, The
(verse play), Salah Abd al-Sabur
130

Tree Climber, The
(play), Tawfiq al-Hakim
129

Trees and the Assassination of Marzuq
, Abdelrahman Munif
82
,
84

Trench, The
, Abdelrahman Munif
81
,
84

al-Tunsi, Bairam
126

Tuqan, Fadwa
101–2
,
106

UK Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation
160

Variations on Night and Day
, Abdelrahman Munif
81
,
84

Vive l’amour
(Egyptian film)
15

Wannous, Saadallah,
The King is the King
(play)
131

Wattar, Tahir,
The Earthquake
37

Wedding of Zein, The
, Tayeb Salih
79

Wild Thorns
, Sahar Khalifeh
105–6

Woman at Point Zero
, Nawal al-Saadawi
43

Women of Sand and Myrrh
, Hanan al-Shaykh
147
,
149

women writers
134
,
138–41

World Without Maps
, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
103

Yacine, Kateb
36

Yacoubian Building, The
, Alaa Al Aswany
149
,
150
,
151
,
161–2

Yusuf, Sa’di
126

Zaat
, Sonallah Ibrahim
114
,
116–18

Zayni Barakat
, Gamal al-Ghitany
119
,
120–1
,
123

al-Zayyat, Latifa,
The Open Door
142