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001 2007026837
003 DLC
005 20090827102709.0
008 070626s2008 cou b 000 0 eng
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020 $a089410893X (hardcover : alk. paper)
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020 $a0894108697 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn147988490
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041 1 $aeng$hara
043 $aar-----
050 00 $aPJ8000.82.E5$bO73 2008
082 00 $a892.7/301$222
245 00 $aOranges in the sun :$bshort stories from the Arabian Gulf /$cedited and translated by Deborah S. Akers, Abubaker A. Bagader.
260 $aBoulder, Colo. :$bLynne Rienner Publishers,$cc2008.
300 $axii, 239 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aAcknowledgments -- The short story in the Arabian Gulf region : origins and development / Deborah S. Akers -- Saudi Arabia. Auntie Khadarjan / Ahmad al-Sibaʻi ; Suq al-Nada / Zahra S. al-Muʻbi ; The jewelry box / Badriyah al-Bashar ; The impossible / Najat Khayyat ; I was betrayed with a single golden pound / Munirah A. al-Ghadir ; Knowing his secret / Sharifah al-Shamlan ; The shelter / Ibrahim Nassir al-Humaydan ; An encounter / ʻAbd Allah Husayn ; Bloodstains on the wall / Ahmad Bogary ; The sliver polisher / ʻAbd Allah Bakhshawayn ; Reaching you through the letter carrier / ʻAbd al-ʻAziz MIshri -- Yemen. The corn seller / Zayd Muti' Dammaj ; Trilling cries of joy / ʻAli ʻAwad Badib ; A parting shot / Muhammad O. Bahah ; Sanaa does not know me / Muhammad al-Gharbi ʻUmran ; The veiled one / Zayd Salih al-Faqih ; To return by foot / Wajdi al-Ahdal ; The nightmare / Hamadan Dammaj ; Bus #99 / Yassir ʻAbd al-Bagi -- Oman. Oranges in the sun / Yahya bin Salam al-Mundhri ; A crisis at sea / ʻAli Muhammad Rashid ; A voice from the earth / Ahmad Bilal ; Ghomran's oil field / Suʻad al-ʻArimi ; Sounds of the sea / Saud Bulushi ; The disaster / Muhammad ibn Sayf Rahabi ; The white dog / Sulayman al-Maʻmami -- United Arab Emirates. The plight / ʻAbd al-Hamid Ahmad ; An idyllic world / Muhammad al-Murr ; Surprise at the airport / Asma' al-Zarʻuni ; A bouquet of jasmine / ʻAbd al-Ilah ʻAbd al-Qadir -- Bahrain. That winter / Muhammad Abd al-Malik ; Al-Assadiah / Hasan ʻIsa al-Mahrus ; The dogs / ʻAbd Allah Khalifah ; The siege / ʻAbd al-Qadir ʻAqil -- Qatar. Layla / Widad ʻAbd al-Latif al-Kawari ; A night of sorrow / Kulthum Jabr ; The storyteller / Hasan Rashid ; A woman / Huda al-Nuʻaymi ; The checkpoint / Muhsin al-Hajiri ; The prize / Jamal Faiz ; The alley / Nasir al-Hallabi -- Kuwait. The homeland is far away, the roads are many / Layla al-Uthman ; The ID card / Layla al-Uthman ; Hunger / Muna al-Shafiʻi ; The age of pain / Muna al-Shafiʻi ; The return of a captive / Hamad al-Hammad ; New wrinkles / Badr Abu Raqabah ; Guns and jasmine / Layla Muhammad Salih ; Bashrawi / Talib al-Rifai.
650 0 $aShort stories, Arabic$zPersian Gulf Region$vTranslations into English.
700 1 $aAkers, Deborah S.,$d1955-
700 1 $aBāqādir, Abū Bakr Aḥmad.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0721/2007026837.html