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A matter of fate : the concept of fate in the Arab world as reflected in modern Arabic literature
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A matter of fate : the concept of fate in the Arab world as reflected in modern Arabic literature

Author: Dalya Cohen-Mor
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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In this book Dalya Cohen-Mor examines the evolution of the concept of fate in the Arab world through readings of religious texts, poetry, fiction, and folklore. She contends that belief in fate has retained its vitality and continues to play a pivotal role in the Arabs' outlook on life and their social psychology. Interwoven with the chapters are 16 modern short stories that further illuminate this topic.
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Cohen-Mor, Dalya, 1948-
Matter of fate.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001
(OCoLC)606516371
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Dalya Cohen-Mor
ISBN: 0195133986 9780195133981
OCLC Number: 41273171
Notes: Includes translations of sixteen Arabic stories into English.
Description: xxiv, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: God's will: the principle of the prime mover --
The wheel of time: the agent of corrosion --
Character: the prison of life --
Custom: the yoke of tradition --
Gender: the female experience --
Class and capital: the trap of poverty and tyranny --
Chance: the random arbiter --
To wish or not to wish? the double-edged sword.
Responsibility: Dalya Cohen-Mor.
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The study is lucid and scholarly, and never moves away from its focus. Middle East Journal

 
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