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The Meeting of East & West in Modern Arabic Literature

Author

  • Henry Diab

Editor

  • Moin Halloun

Summary, in English

The new contacts with the west reaffirmed the idea of interaction between the west and the Arab world. New literary works compared and contrasted the spirituality of the East with the materialism of the West - a theme that became a common one in modern Arabic literature.

Department/s

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

27-35

Publication/Series

The Shipmaster : Selected articles presented in the 7th International Conference.

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Arabic Department/Bethlehem Univeristy

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • Modern Arabic Literature
  • Napoleonic Expedition in Egypt
  • the Arab nahda
  • spiritual East & materialistic West
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Status

Published