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Mawsim al-Hijrah ilâ al-Shamâl is considered to be an important turning point in the development of postcolonial narratives that focus on the encounter between East and West. [1] The novel has been translated into over twenty languages. [2] Salih was fluent in both English and Arabic, but chose to pen this novel in Arabic. [3]
In 1966, Salih published his novel Mawsim al-Hijrah ilâ al-Shimâl (Season of Migration to the North), for which he is best known. It was first published in the Beirut journal Hiwâr . The main concern of the novel is with the impact of British colonialism and European modernity on rural African societies in general, and on Sudanese culture ...
Tayeb Salih – Season of Migration to the North (موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال, Mawsim al-Hijrah ilâ al-Shamâl) Giorgio Scerbanenco. A Private Venus; Traitors to All; Leonardo Sciascia – A ciascuno il suo; Paul Scott – The Jewel in the Crown; Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – Cancer Ward; Adela Rogers St. Johns – Tell No Man
The first version of Al-Maktaba Al-Shamela was released in April 2005 without the ability for users to upload digitized books to the library. [1] It was formerly known as Al-Mawsu'at Al-Shamela (The Comprehensive Encyclopedia) and was created by a member of an online forum that was dedicated to members of the Ahl al-Hadith religious community. [2]
The migration to Abyssinia (Arabic: الهجرة إلى الحبشة, romanized: al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša), also known as the First Hijra (الهجرة الأولى, al-hijrat al'uwlaa), was an episode in the early history of Islam, where the first followers of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (they were known as the Sahabah, or the companions) migrated from Arabia due to their persecution by ...
Mawsim or moussem (Arabic: موسم), waada, or raqb, is the term used in the Maghreb to designate an annual regional festival in which worshippers usually combine the religious celebration of local Marabouts or Sufi Tariqas, with various festivities and commercial activities. These are very popular events, often attended by people from very ...
Includes "House of flesh" by Yusuf Idris, "Grandad Hasan" by Yahya Taher Abdullah, "Within the walls" by Edward El-Kharrat, "The performer" by Ibrahim Aslan, "The whistle" by Abdul Hakim Kassem, "Suddenly it rained" by Baha Taher, "The man who saw the sole of his left foot in a cracked mirror" by Lutfi Al-Khouli, "A conversation from the third ...
Al-Hirah was a significant city in pre-Islamic Arab history. Al-Hirah (3th-7th centuries) served as the capital of the Lakhmids, an Arab vassal kingdom of the Sasanian Empire, whom it helped in containing the nomadic Arabs to the south. The Lakhmid rulers of al-Hirah were recognized by Shapur II (309-379), the tenth Sasanian emperor.