Debunking the myths of colonization the Arabs and Europe / Samar Attar.

Author/creator Attar, Samar
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : University Press of America,
Descriptionxviii, 282 p. ; 23 cm.
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Contents Introduction : violent arrival and departure : Western intruders wreak havoc on the world : a theoretical overview -- The encounter between the colonized and the colonizer -- A discovery voyage of self and other : Fadwa Tuqan's sojourn in England in the early sixties -- The fascination of an Egyptian intellectual with Europe : Taha Husayn and France -- Are Europeans like us? : Tawfiq al-Hakim : a perplexed Egyptian intellectual in Paris -- Colonialism failed project : Yahya Haqqi and Imperial Britain -- The destruction of both colonizer and colonized : Mustafa Sa'eed, a fictitious Sudanese intellectual journeys to England, the depth of hell -- Buried in the deepest recesses of memory : a queen or a slave? : the vision of Ghassan Kanafani and Emile Habibi of the city of Haifa -- Women under occupation : Fadwa Tuqan and Sahar Khalifah document Israeli colonization -- Is friendship possible between the colonizer and the colonized? : a comparative assessment -- Conclusion : fractured identities : the perilous journey to self-recovery.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-269) and index.
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LCCN 2009943675
ISBN9780761850380 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0761850384 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780761850397 (e-book)
ISBN0761850392 (e-book)

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