Translation and Modernity
Ghareeb Iskander, Imam Musa al Kadhim College, Iraq This is the first study to examine the Arabic translations of a number of major modern poems in the English language, in particular T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land and Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself. With case studies dedicated to the Arab translators who were themselves modernist poets, including Badr Shakir al-Sayyab and Saadi Yusuf, Ghareeb Iskander brings a reading of the translations as literary works in their own right. Revealing why the Arab modernists were drawn to these poems through situational context, Iskander shows that the influence exerted by the English originals stems from the creative manner in which the Arab poet-translators converted them into their own language. UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 192 pages PB 9780755639939 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780755607242 ePub 9780755607266 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9780755607259 • £76.50 / $105.78 I.B. Tauris
Muhammad ‘Abduh
Modern Islam and the Culture of Ambiguity Oliver Scharbrodt, University of Birmingham, UK Provides a complete intellectual biography of Muhammad ‘Abduh (1849-1905), one of the most influential Muslim modernist reformers of the 19th century. The book adopts a biographical approach in order to delineate his intellectual formation as a reformer and to illustrate significant developments and breaks throughout his life. By using new sources – in particular his writings from his early politically activist career – the book illustrates ‘Abduh’s complex intellectual formation and the various traditional religious, philosophical and cultural influences that shaped him. UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 224 pages • 16 bw illus HB 9781838607302 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781838607326 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781838607333 • £76.50 / $105.78 I.B. Tauris
Writing Queer Identities in Morocco
Abdellah Taïa and Moroccan Committed Literature Tina Dransfeldt Christensen, Roskilde University, Denmark This book explores queer identity in Morocco through the work of author and LGBT activist Abdellah Taïa, who defied the country’s anti-homosexuality laws by publicly coming out in 2006. Placing key novels such as Salvation Army and Infidels in dialogue with Moroccan writers including Driss Chraïbi and Abdelkebir Khatibi, the author shows how Taïa draws upon a long tradition of politically committed art in Morocco to subvert traditional notions of heteronormativity. By foregrounding silenced or otherwise marginalised voices, she shows how his writings offer a powerful critique of discourses of class, authenticity, culture and nationality in Morocco and North Africa. UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 216 pages PB 9780755637706 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788315852 ePub 9781788315869 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781788315876 • £76.50 / $105.78 Series: Written Culture and Identity • I.B. Tauris
State, Society and Islam in the Western Regions of the Sahara
Regional Interactions and Social Change Edited by Francisco Freire, NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Portugal
M I D D L E E A S T S T U D I E S – Literature / Islamic Studies
English Poetry and Modern Arabic Verse
This open access book takes a deeper and broader perspective on the Hassaniya speaking peoples’ struggle for self-determination in the Western Sahara. So far, in-depth understanding and analysis remains neglected and little work has been undertaken on the diverse experiences of the Hassaniya and the contrasting political regimes under which they live. This book examines the complex and ambiguous relations between statehood, Islam, nation building and identity formation in hassanophone northwest Africa. Contributors present new analysis and up-to-date fieldwork to provide an inside perspective on these populations and their regional interactions, shedding new light on the region. UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 352 pages HB 9780755643479 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755643509 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePdf 9780755643516 • £0.00 / $0.00 I.B. Tauris
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