MES 323 - Modern Arabic Literature in Translation.

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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.