Introduction
The Novel is an interesting commodity because what is important and valuable about it has little to do with the physical object in it of itself. It is merely a medium for the information it contains and as such has gone through many different forms before the modern era and is continuing to find new mediums to be expressed in. That is not to say that a Novel is simply a new expression of older stories and ideas, as it has created its own tropes as well as elaborating on and refining older conventions.
The Novel as it exists in the Modern Middle East and the Arabic World further specifies particular ideals in both its stories and their expression. This site attempts to provide a condensed context of the Novel in both the history of stories in the Middle East as well as how these stories are expressed today. The Novel is not a singular item but a collection of many different genres that cover a wide range of ages and themes, from inside and outside the Middle East. Perhaps unavoidably, this means not only examining how the stories are structured but also what the modern governments will allow to be told.
The Novel as it exists in the Modern Middle East and the Arabic World further specifies particular ideals in both its stories and their expression. This site attempts to provide a condensed context of the Novel in both the history of stories in the Middle East as well as how these stories are expressed today. The Novel is not a singular item but a collection of many different genres that cover a wide range of ages and themes, from inside and outside the Middle East. Perhaps unavoidably, this means not only examining how the stories are structured but also what the modern governments will allow to be told.
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(Left Image) Book Market in Cairo, Egypt. Image from: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentPrint/18/0/38825/Books/0/Cairos-historical-usedbooks-market-faces-displacem.aspx
(Right Image) Book Market in Cairo Egypt. Image from: http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/655596
(Left Image) Book Market in Cairo, Egypt. Image from: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentPrint/18/0/38825/Books/0/Cairos-historical-usedbooks-market-faces-displacem.aspx
(Right Image) Book Market in Cairo Egypt. Image from: http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/655596