MES 323 - Modern Arabic Literature in Translation.

ANT 240 or HIS 283 or HIS 385 ; or consent of instructor.(3)H.

Reading and discussion of representative Arabic authors of the 20th century, such as Kahlil Gibran, Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz,Yusuf Idris, Emile Habiby, and Nawal al-Sa’dawi.