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Author:   Annamaria Bianco ,  Baian Rayhanova ,  Simone Sibilio
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
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9780755652549

ISBN 10:   0755652541
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 March 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Note on Transliteration Introduction Annamaria Bianco, Baian Rayhanova and Simone Sibilio Part One Transcultural Aesthetics and Refugee Issues: Challenging Eurocentric Perspectives 1 Reframing the Debate on ‘Arab Refugee Literature’: The Syrian Response to ‘Western’ Labelling Simone Sibilio 2 A Matter of Hierarchies and Classificatory Schemes: ?Ali Badr and ‘Arab Refugee Literature’ Antonio Pacifico 3 Intermedial Aesthetics and Decolonial Knowledge Production in ?asan Balasim’s Work Rita Sakr 4 ‘Tell Us Exactly What Happened’: Subverting the Asylum Story in ?amu?il Sham?un’s ?Iraqi fi Baris Federico Pozzoli Part Two Forced Displacement, Legacies of War and Their Gendered Dimensions 5 Time and Space in Miral al-?a?awi’s Novel Bruklin hayts Baian Rayhanova 6 The Text within the Text in Maha ?asan’s and Dima Wannus’s Novels Lovisa Berg 7 Syrian Women Speak: Refugee Witnesses in Samar Yazbik’s Work Giulia Spadoni 8 A Feminine Poetics of Liminality in Iman ?umaydan’s Novels Darejan Gardavadze Part Three Shifting Subjectivities in Diaspora and Refugee Camps 9 The Palestinian Refugee Camp as a Marginal Space: Mukhmal by ?uzama ?abayib Annamaria Bianco 10 Velvet-Wrapped Refugee Life in ?uzama ?abayib’s Novels Dorit Gottesfeld 11 Shatila Stories: The ‘Nomadic Thought’ within the Camp Paola Viviani 12 Manifold Representations of Ghurba in Julan ?aji’s Poetry: Translation at the Core of the Creative Process Patrizia Zanelli Part Four Language, Myth and Identity through the Prism of Difference 13 Christian Vernacular in Ya Maryam by Sinan An?un Tetz Rooke 14 An Old Wise Woman Fighting War and Destruction in Isma?il Fahd Isma?il’s al-Sabiliyyat Stephan Guth 15 Nuri al-Jarra?’s Poetry: A Saidian Humanistic Reading Francesca Maria Corrao 16 IMedea by Sulayman al-Bassam: From Ancient Myth to Modern Migration Monica Ruocco 17 Refuge Theatre as Crime Fiction in Wa?il Qaddur’s Plays Daniela Potenza Index

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Theoretically informed, nuanced, and illuminating, this volume is a valuable contribution to scholarship on contemporary Arabic literature. Its essays offer freshinsights intothe growing corpus of migration literature and the new subjectivities authors have constructed in several genres. A must-read for scholars of Arabic literature. * Sinan Antoon, Associate Professor, New York University, USA * This timely collaborative work puts Arabic literature by and about migrants into its historical context, while focusing on the crucial ways in which contemporary representations of migration experiences differ from those of the past. The wide range of regions, genres and theoretical approaches represented here offers new perspectives on the artistic aspects of the work of these Arab authors. * Catherine Cobham, Honorary Lecturer, St Andrews University, UK *

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Annamaria Bianco is a senior lecturer in Arabic language and literature at Aix-Marseille University, France. Baian Rayhanova is a professor of medieval and modern Arabic literature at Sofia University of St Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria. Simone Sibilio is an associate professor of Arabic language and literature at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.

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