C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
ROGER ALLEN
LAST UPDATED: May 2008.
PERSONAL
NAME: Roger Michael Ashley ALLEN
NATIONALITY: British & American
MARITAL STATUS: Married (two children)
CURRENT POSITION: Professor of Arabic, University of Pennsylvania;
Director, Huntsman Program in International Studies & Business, University of Pennsylvania
EDUCATION
OxfordUniversity (LincolnCollege):
Preliminary examination in Classics 1965;
B.A. (Arabic with Persian) 1968; M.A. 1968;
D.Phil. Thesis topic: A Study and Translation of al-Muwaylihi`s Hadith `Isa ibn Hisham
(superviser: Dr. Mustafa Badawi)
POSITIONS HELD
University of Pennsylvania:
Assistant Professor of Arabic, 1968-73
Associate Professor of Arabic, 1973-85
Professor of Arabic, 1985-
ACTFL Proficiency Trainer in Arabic, 1986-2002
Visiting:
V. Assistant Professor of Arabic, ColumbiaUniversity, Sum. 1970
V. Assistant Professor of Arabic, HarvardUniversity, Sum. 1971
External examiner in Arabic, PennsylvaniaStateUniversity 1972-74
Visiting Lecturer in Arabic, OxfordUniversity, 1976
Adjunct Associate Professor of Arabic, New YorkUniversity, 1982
Editing, etc.:
Co-founder and co-editor, Edebiyat, 1976-91
Language and literature editor, MESA Bulletin, 1980-87
Arabic literatures editor, Ungar Publishing Company, New York: Encyclopedia of World
Literature in the 20th Century
Guest editor, Nimrod (Arts and Sciences Council of Tulsa) Winter 1980
Project Spokesman & Member of Administrative board, Project for the TranslationOf Arabic
(PROTA), 1982-
Editorial advisory board, Literature East and West, 1983-
Guest editor, Translation (The Translation Center, ColumbiaUniversity), 1983
Guest editor, 20th anniversary issue ofAl-`Arabiyya, the Journal of the American Association of
Teachers of Arabic (1988).
Book Editor, Al-`Arabiyya, 1990-95
Editorial Board, World Literature Today, 1991-
Editorial Board, Journal of Arabic Literature, 1991-96
Editorial Board, The Comparatist (Southern Comparative Literature Association)
Modern Arabic Drama: an anthology ed. Salma al-Jayyusi & Roger Allen,Bloomington:
IndianaUniversity Press, 1995.
Editorial Board, Asian & Middle Eastern Literatures, 1997- ; Executive-Editor, 1999-
Guest editor, Translation Reviewno. 65 (2003).
GeorgetownCenter for Advanced Arabic Proficiency (CAPA), Advisory Board Member.
Series Editor, Arabic Literary Culture, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Thompson-Gale,
Vol. 1 [500-925 CE], 2005.
Editorial Advisory Board, Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies, YaleUniversity Press, 2007-
PUBLICATIONS
1. BOOKS:
Al-Muwaylihi`s Hadith `Isa ibn Hisham: a study of Egypt during the British
occupation, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1974.
A Period of Time 2nd [revised] edition: St. Antony's College, Oxford,
Monograph Series: Reading: Garnet Press, 1992.
The Arabic novel: an historical and critical introduction Syracuse: Syracuse
University Press, 1982 (joint publication with the University of Manchester
Press, Journal of Semitic Studies Series).
translation into Arabic by Hissa Munif: Al-Riwayah al-`Arabiyyah: muqaddimah
tarikhiyyah wa-naqdiyyah, Beirut: Al-Mu'assassa al-`Arabiyya li-al-dirasat
wa-al-nashr, 1986.
الرواية العربية: مقدمة تاريخية ونقدية, بيروت: المؤسسة العربية للدراسات والنشر, 1986.
EXTRACT: "Al-Sahra'/al-Bahr: nazra gharbiyya ila Kanafani/Jabra," Al-Karmel
18 (1985), 36-44.
EXTRACT: "Al-Nihayat," Al-Jadid 12 (Wint. 1996): 18-21.
2nd English edition, revised and enlarged: Syracuse University Press, 1995
Arabic translation of revision 2nd edition, Cairo: Al-Majlis al-A`la li-al-
Thaqafah [Supreme Council for Culture], 1998.
Modern Arabic Literature (Library of Literary Criticism Series), New York: Ungar
Publishing, 1987.
Let's Learn Arabic (with Adel Allouche): Office of Education funded project
(1985-88(ز
Criticial Perspectives on Yusuf Idris, Washington: Three Continents Press, 1994
[compiler, editor, and contributor].
The Arabic Literary Heritage, Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press, 1998..
Abridged hardback & paperback version: Introduction to Arabic Literature,
Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press, 2000.
Arabic version: Muqaddimah li-al-Adab al-`Arabi, Cairo: Al-Majlis al-A`la li-
Al-Thaqafah, 2003.
مقدمة للأدب العربي, القاهرة: المجلس الأعلى للثقافة , 2003.
Italian version: La letteratura araba tr. Bruna Soravia, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2006.
Muhammad al-Muwaylihi: al-mu'allafat al-kamilah, li-al-muharrir Roger Allen,
2 volumes, Cairo: al-Majlis al-a`la li-al-thaqafah [Supreme Council for
Culture], 2003.
المؤلفات الكاملة لمحمد المويلحي, , القاهرة: المجلس الأعلى للثقافة , 2003.
Ibrahim al-Muwaylihi: al-mu'allafat al-kamilah, li-al-muharrir Roger Allen,
Cairo: al-Majlis al-a`la li-al-thaqafah [Supreme Council for Culture], 2007.
المؤلفات الكاملة لإبراهيم المويلحي, , القاهرة: المجلس الأعلى للثقافة,2007.
2. CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS:
"Poetry and poetic criticism at the turn of the century," in Studies in ModernArabic Literature ed. R.C. Ostle Warminster: Aris and Phillips, 1975.
"Literature," & "Arabic Literature," in The Study of the Middle East: Researchin the Humanities and Social Sciences ed. L. Binder, New York: John Wiley,
1976.
"Nationalism and Arabic Literature," in Essays on Nationalism and Asian Literatures, special issue of Literature East and West, Austin, Texas (1987), pp. 127-43.
"Arabic Proficiency Guidelines," & "The Arabic Guidelines: Where Now?" in ACTFL Proficiency
Guidelines for the Less Commonly Taught Languages ed. Charles W. Stansfield and Chip
Herman, Washington: Center for Applied Linguistics, 1987.
"The Early Arabic Novel" and "The Arabic Novel Outside Egypt," Chapters 5 and 6 of Modern
Arabic Literature, Volume 5 of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature Cambridge:
CambridgeUniversity Press, 1992, pp. 180-92, 193-222.
"Arabic Teaching in the U.S.A.: past practice, current context, & futuretrends," in The Arabic
Language in America edited by Aleyya Rushdi, Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1992, pp.
222-50.
"Old Age in Arabic Literature," in Perceptions of Aging in Literature ed.
Prisca von Dorotka Bagnell and Patricia Spencer Soper, New York: Greenwood
Press, 1989, pp. 113-30.
"Najib Mahfuz," in Nobel Laureates in Literature ed. Rado Pribic. New York:
Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Vol. 849, New York & London,
1990, pp. 251-57.
Introduction to Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Hunters on a Narrow Street, Washington:
Three Continents Press,, 1990, pp. i-vi.
Introduction to Ghassan Kanafani, All That's Left to You, Austin, Texas:
University of Texas Press, 1990, pp. ix-xxi.
"*********," 1992
"Najib Mahfuz and World Literature," in The Arabic Novel Since 1950: Critical
Essays, Interviews and Bibliography, [Mundus Arabicus Vol. 5], Cambridge,
Mass.: Dar Mahjar, 1992, pp. 121-42.
"Arabic Poetry," "Arabic Poetics," "Rhyme [Arabic & Persian]," in New Princeton
Encyclopedia of Poetry & Poetics, Princeton: PrincetonUniversity Press,
1993.
"Najib Mahfuz and the Nobel Prize: The Historical Context" in Naguib Mahfouz
From Regional Fame to Global Recognition ed. Adnan Haydar and Michael Beard,
SyracuseUniversity Press, 1993, pp. 28-36.
"Egyptian Literature," "Alfred Faraj," "`Abd al-rahman Munif," "Zakariyya
Tamir," & "Sa`dallah Wannus" in Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th
Century Vol. V (Supplement), New York: Ungar, 1993.
Introduction to Arabic Short Stories trans. Denys Johnson-Davies, Berkeley,
Ca.: University of California Press, 1994.
"The Short Story in Arabic and the Status of Women," in Sex and Gender in Modern
Arabic Literature ed. Roger Allen et al., London: Saqi Books, 1995
"Jabra Ibrahim Jabra: al-fann al-riwa'i wa-fann al-tarjamah," Commissioned
chapter for Festschrift for Jabra, Al-Qalaq wa-tajdid al-hayah ed. Faysal
Darraj and `Abd al-rahman Munif, Beirut: al-Mu'assasah al-`Arabiyyah, 1995,
pp. 58-63.
English translation: "The Novels of Jabra and the Art of translation," Jusoor
7/8 (1996):91-101.
"جبرى إبراهيم جبرى: الفن الروائي وفن الترجمة" , القلق وتجديدالحياة, , بيروت: المؤسسة العربية للدراسات والنشر , 1995 , ص. 58-63.
"Higher level language skills in Arabic: Parameters and Issues," in The
Teaching of Arabic as a Foreign Language: Issues & Directions ed. Mahmoud
al-Batal, American Association of Teachers of Arabic Monograph # 2, 1995:
103-13.
"Najib Mahfuz," in African Writers ed. Brian Cox, Mew York: Charles Scribner,
1997. Vol. II, pp. 451-65.
"`Abd al-rahman Munif," World Authors 1985-1990, New York: H.W. Wilson Co.
Introduction to Hanna Minah, The Sun on a Cloudy Day trans. Bassam Franjieh),
Pueblo, Colorado: Passeggiata Press, 1997.
"A different voice: the novels of Ibrahim al-Kawni," in Tradition and Modernity
in Arabic Literature ed. Issa J. Boullata and Terri DeYoung [Memorial volume
for Mounah Khouri], Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1997, pp.
151-59.
"The Development of Fictional Genres: The Novel and Short Story in Arabic,"
Humanism, Culture, and Language in the Near East: Studies in Honor of George
Krotkoff ed. Asma Afsaruddin and A.H. Mathias Zahniser, WinonaLake, Indiana:
Eisenbraun, 1997, pp. 105-18.
"Fikrat al-`usur al-wusta wa-ishakliyyat kitabat tarikh al-adab," in Fi Mihrab
al-ma`rifah Festschrift for Professor Ihsan Abbas, Beirut: Dar al-Sadir,
1997, pp. 167-73.
"فكرة العصور الوسطى وإشكاليات كتاية تاريح الأدب" , في: في محراب المعرفة, بيروت:دار الصادر, 1997 , ص. 167-173.
"Hadith `Isa ibn Hisham by al-Muwaylihi; thirty years later," Arab and Islamic
Studies in Honor of Marsden Jones, Cairo: AmericanUniversity in Cairo Press,
1997, pp. 117-24.
"Autobiography and memory: Mahfuz's Asda' al-sirah al-dhatiyyah, in Writing the
Self: Autobiographical Writing in Modern Arabic Literature ed. Robin Ostle,
Ed de Moor, & Stefan Wild, London: Saqi Books, 1998, pp. 207-16.
"Literary History and Generic Change: The Example of the Maqama," in Studies in
Honour of Clifford Edmund Bosworth. 1. Hunter of the East, Leiden:
E.J.Brill, 1999, pp. 3-14.
"Sindbad the Sailor and the Early Arabic Novel," in Tradition, Modernity, and
Post-Modernity in Arabic Literature [Festschrift for Issa Boullata] ed.
Terri DeYoung and Wael Hallaq, Leiden: E.J. Brill, pp. 78-85.
Introduction to Abdelfattah Kilito, The Author and His Doubles (trans. Michael
Cooperson), Syracuse: SyracuseUniversity Press, 2001.
"`The Best of Stories': Three Versions of the Joseph Narrative," The Balance of
Truth: essays in honour of Professor Geoffrey Lewis, ed. Cigdem Balim-Harding
and Colin Imber, Istanbul: Isis Press, 2000, pp. 23-34.
"The Christ Figure in Sayigh's Poetry," in Representations of the Divine in
Arabic Poetry, ed. Geert Borg and Ed de Moor [50th Anniversary Conference,
University of Nijmegen, 1997], Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2001, pp. 227-39.
M.A. `Abdallah, Abu Sinnah, al-`Aqqad, Aslan, Fayyad, Ghallab, Haykal, Y. Idris,
- Kamil, Mahfuz, Mazini, Minah, I. al-Muwaylihi, M. al-Muwaylihi, Nigm,
M. Shukri, B. Tahir, Tamir, Tubiya, Wannus, in Encyclopedia of
Arabic Literature, London: Routledge, 1998
“The Struggle in the Marketplace: the global status of the Arabic novel,” in La
Traduccion del literatura arabe contemporanea: Antes y Despues de Naguib
Mahfuz, Toledo: Escuela de Traductores, 2000, pp. 95-105.
"Arabic Literature at the Cusp of the 21st Century," in Remembering for
Tomorrow, Toledo: European Cultural Foundation and Escuela de traductores de
Toledo, 2000, pp. 5-10.
"Thalathat riwa'iyyin maghribiyyin: Rashid Abu Jadrah, Ibrahim al-Kuni, wa-
Muhammad Shukri," Essay Volume on Maghribi Literature, Tangiers, May 1995
(also in English).
Afterword to Sun`allah Ibrahim, The Committee, Syracuse: SyracuseUniversity
Press, 2001.
"Muhamad al-Muwaylihi's coterie: the context of Hadith `Isa ibn Hisham," in Literary Innovation in Modern Arabic Literature: Schools and Journals (special issue of Quaderni di studi arabi Vol. 18 [2000]), pp. 51-60.
"Literature in Egypt, Syria, and Palestine: 1860-1916," (forthcoming: Zeytoona
Books, Cairo)
"`Urs al-Zayn li-al-Tayyib Salih: al-turath wa-al-tahawwul," in Al-Tayyib Salih:
Dirasat naqdiyyah(Volume in honor of al-Tayyib Salih's 70th birthday, ed.
Hasan Abbasher al-Tayyib,Beirut: Riyad al-Rayyis, 2001, pp.233-241.
"عرس الزين للطيب صالح: التراث والتحول" , في الطيب صالح:دراسات نقدية, بيروت: رياض الريس , 2001, ص. 233-241.
"The autobiography of Yusuf Idris?" in Autobiografia y literatura arabe ed.
Miguel Hernando de Laramendi, Gonzalo Fernandez Parrilla, Barbara Azaola
Piazza, Toledo: Escuela de Traductores, 2002, pp. 279-88.
“The Cairo Trilogy” [Naguib Mahfouz] in Storia del Romanzo, Turin, Italy: Guido
Einaudi editore, 2001.
Fathi Ghanim, Yusuf Idris, Naguib Mahfouz, Al-Tayyib Salih, for Encyclopedia of
African Literature ed. Simon Gikandi, London: Routledge, forthcoming.
“Qur’an” in Encyclopedia of Christianity, Eerdmans/Brill, forthcoming
“Arabic Literature,” Encyclopaedia Britannica (Chicago), forthcoming
“Naguib Mahfouz in Retrospect,” a commissioned chapter for a commemorative volume to
celebrate both the opening of the Alexandria Library (October 2001) and the Nobel Laureate’s
90th birthday[Arabic translation: Akhbar al-adab 438 (2 December, 2001): 33]
“Al-dirasat al-gharbiyyah li-al-adab al-`Arabi” (Western Studies on Arabic Literature), in
Mu’tamar al-Istishraq: Hiwar al-thaqafat (Orientalism Conference: Dialogue of
Cultures) ed. Sami Khasawnih, Amman, Jordan: University of Jordan, 2004, pp. 156-166 (and
Three maqamat, pp. 10 & 204-205.
"الدراسات الغربية للأدب العربي" , في: مؤتمر الإستشراق: حوار الثقافات, عمان: جامعة الأردنّ , 2004 , ص. 156-166 , وثلاث مقامات , ص. 10و 204-205.
“Intertextuality and Arabic Fiction After 1967,” in Intertextuality in Modern Arabic Literature
Since 1967 ed. Deheuvels, Michalak-Pikulska, and Starkey, Durham: DurhamUniversity, 2006,
pp. 1-12.
“Historiography as Novel: BenSalim Himmich’s Al-`Allamah,” Memorial volume for Professor Magda al-Nowaihi, forthcoming.
"الترجنة والثقافة بين النظرية والتطبيق" , الترجمة وتفاعل الثقافات, القاهرة: المجلس الأعلى للثقافة , 2006: ص. 343-59.
“The Post-Classical Period: Parameters and Preliminaries,” The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature Vol. V: The Post-Classical period, ed. Roger Allen and D.S. Richards, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. 1-21.
ألقاموس العربي: من الماضي إلى المستقبل" Festschrift for Professor Adel Sulaiman Gamal
“Teaching Naguib Mahfouz’s Short-Story, “Za`balawi,” MLA Publications (Wael Hassan, ed.)—in preparation.
“Arabic and Islamic studies in American Academe,” in Arabic Studies in the West (ALECSO Conference, SOAS 2006)
"أثر المقامة في الأحناس العربية السردية الحديثة" ,مجلد لتكريم الأستاذ جابر عصفور , القاهرة: المجلس الأعلى للثقافة , 2008.
3. TRANSLATIONS IN BOOK FORM:
Najib Mahfuz, God's World (with Akef Abadir), Minneapolis: Bibliotheca Islamica,
1973.
Najib Mahfuz, Mirrors, Chicago: Bibliotheca Islamica, 1977; 2nd (illustrated)
edition: Cairo: AmericanUniversity in Cairo Press & Zeitoona Books, 1999.
Najib Mahfuz, Autumn Quail, Cairo: AmericanUniversity in Cairo Press, 1985;
reprint: New York: Anchor Books, 1990.
Yusuf Idris, In the Eye of the Beholder, Chicago: Bibliotheca Islamica, 1978.
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, The Ship (with Adnan Haydar), Washington Three Continents
Press, 1985.
`Abd al-rahman Munif, Endings, London: Quartet Books, 1988; 2nd ed., Boston: Interlink Books, 2007.
Mayy Tilimsani, Dunyazad, London: Saqi Books, 2000.
Excerpt published in BANIPAL (London) no. 8 (Summer 2000): 63-65.
[shortlisted for Arts Council of Britain/Independent newspaper, prize forbest foreign novel,
2000]
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, In Search of Walid Masoud, Syracuse: SyracuseUniversity Press, 2000.
Ben Salim Himmish, The Polymath, Cairo: AmericanUniversity in Cairo Press, 2004.
Moroccan Folktales tr. Jilali El Koudia & Roger Allen, Syracuse: SyracuseUniversity Press, 2003.
BenSalim Himmish, The Theocrat, Cairo: AmericanUniversity in Cairo Press, 2005.
Extract in: Banipal 12 (Autumn 2001): 19-23.
Modern Arabic Fiction: an anthology ed. Salma Jayyusi, New York:Columbia University Press,
2005:
Tawfiq al-Hakim, “The Mailman,” 86-9; Ahmad al-Faqih, “Love Me Tonight,” 265-71; Ulfat Idlibi, “The Women’s Public bath,” 378-85; Yusuf Idris, “The Bet,” “An Egyptian Mona Lisa,” 390-403; Fu’ad Kan`an, “The Tram of Life,” 442-48; Naguib Mahfouz, “Rendezvous,” 493-501; Majid Tubia, “The Joker,” 735-46;
Ahmad al-Tawfiq, Abu Musa’s Women Neighbors, California: PostApollo Press, 2006.
Ibn `Abd Rabbihi, Al-`Iqd al-Farid (The Unique Necklace), tr. Issa J. Boullata; rev. Roger Allen, Doha, Qatar: Center for the Muslim Contribution to Civilization, 2006.
Naguib Mahfouz, Karnak Café, Cairo: AmericanUniversity in Cairo Press, 2007.
Naguib Mahfouz, Khan al-Khalili, Cairo: AmericanUniversity in Cairo Press, in press [2008]
Spies, Scandals, and Sultans(Ibrahim al-Muwaylihi’s Ma Hunalik) translated and introduced by Roger Allen, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2007.
4. ARTICLES
a) Literature:
"Hadith `Isa ibn Hisham: The Excluded Materials," Die Welt des Islams, Vol. XII
(1969), 74-89 & 163-181.
"Hadith `Isa ibn Hisham: a reconsideration," Journal of Arabic Literature, I
(1970), 74-88.
"Writings of members of the Nazli Circle," Journal of the American Research
Center in Egypt, XII (1971), 79-84.
"Najib Mahfuz and his world of literature," (with Akef Abadir) Arab World,
Sept.-Oct. 1970; Nov.-Dec. 1970; Aug.-Sept. 1971.
"Mahfuz's `Mirrors'," AmericanResearchCenter in Egypt Newsletter, Oct. 1971,
9-14.
"`Mirrors' by Mahfuz," Muslim World, Apl. 1972, 115-125; Jan 1973, 15-27.
reprinted in Critical Perspectives on Naguib Mahfouz ed. Trevor Le Gassick,
Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1991. 131-50.
[ARABIC VERSION: Fusul Vol. 16 no. 3 (Wint. 1997): 236-51.
"The unpublished Hadith `Isa ibn Hisham or some new al-Muwaylihi materials,"
Humaniora Islamica 2 (1974), 139-180.
"Egyptian drama and fiction," Edebiyat I no. 2 (1976) 219-234.
"Some recent works of Najib Mahfuz," Journal of the AmericanResearchCenter in
Egypt XIV (1977), 101-110.
"Al-`Aqqad," "Mahmud Tahir Lashin," Encyclopedia of Islam 2nd. ed., Supplement
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1954- .
"Arabic Literature: then," in Nimrod 24 no. 2 (Spr.- Sum. 1981): 8-21.
"Adunis," "Egyptian Literature," "Yusuf Idris," & "Najib Mahfuz," in
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, New York: Ungar, 1981-
83.
"Contemporary Egyptian Literature," commissioned article for Middle East
Journal 35 no. 1 (Wint. 1981), 25-39.
"The artistry of Yusuf Idris," commissioned article for World Literature Today
55 no. 1 (Winter 1981), 43-47.
"Egyptian drama after the Revolution," Edebiyat 4 no. 1 (1979), 97-134.
republished in Arabic as "Al-Masrah al-Misri ba`d al-thawra," Al-Masrah
[Cairo], Feb. 1982, 85-94.
"Arabic drama in theory and practice: the works of Sa`dallah Wannus," Journal
of Arabic Literature XV (1984), 94-113.
"Narrative structure in Arabic: the story of `The Three Apples' from the 1001
Nights," in Logos Islamikos (Festschrift for G. Michael Wickens), Toronto:
Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1984, 51-60,
"Taha Husayn" in World Authors 1975-1980, New York: H.W. Wilson, 1985.
"The Novella in Arabic: A Study in Fictional Genres," International Journal of
Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 18 no. 4 (Nov. 1986), 473-84.
"Beginning and end: Aspects of Technique in the Modern Arabic Short Story,"
commissioned article for World Literature Today Vol 60 no. 2 (Spring 1986),
199-206.
"Arabic Literature and the Nobel Prize," World Literature Today Spring 1988,
201-3.
"Incorporating the Other," The World and I (Feb. 1989), 378-87.
"Najib Mahfuz: Nobel Laureate in Literature 1988," World Literature Today
Winter 1989, 5-9.
Najib Mahfuz, Dictionary of Literary Biography: Yearbook 1988, Detroit: Buccoli
Clark Layman, 1989, 3-14.
Reprinted in Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 331: Nobel Prize Laureates in literature, Pt.
3 (2007), pp. 109-21.
"Al-Tajdid fi tarjamat al-adab al-`Arabi" [New developments in translating
Arabic literature], Al-`Arabi 365 (April 1989), 33-4.
"Drama and Audience: The Case of Arabic Theater," Theater Three No. 6 (Spring
1989), 7-20.
"Ibrahim al-Muwaylihi," "Muhammad al-Muwaylihi," "Tawfiq al-Hakim" "Yahya
Hakki," "Uqsusa," (short-story), Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd ed., 1954 - .
"Narrative genres and Nomenclature: a comparative study," Journal of Arabic
Literature Vol. XXIII pt. 3 (Nov. 1992): 208-214.
“The Impact of the Translated Text: the case of Najib Mahfuz’s novels, with
special emphasis on the Trilogy,” EdebiyatN.S. Vol. 4no. 1 (1993): 87-118.
"Arabic Fiction and the Quest for Freedom," [Festschrift for M.M. Badawi],
Journal of Arabic Literature Vol. 26 nos. 1 & 2 (March-June 1995): 37-49.
"المعركة في السوق: المكانة العالمية للرواية العربية" , فصول م. 16ر. 3 (شتاء 1997): 15-21.
"Translation Translated: Rashid Abu Jadrah's Ma`rakat al-Zuqaq," Oriente
Moderno Vol. XVI nos. 2-3 (1997): 165-76.
"Riwayat Zaynab wa-sawabiqha: dirasah fi tatawwur al-ajnas al-adabiyyah," paper
delivered at the International Conference on Muhammad Husayn Haykal, Supreme
Council for Culture, Cairo, December 1996.
"The Status of Modern Arabic Literature Studies: the Anglophone Scenario,"
Awraq (Madrid, Spain), Vol. XXI (2000): 133-151.
“Literary History and the Arabic Novel, World Literature Today, Spring 2001:
205-13.
translated into Arabic: Akhbar al-adab [Cairo] 410 (20 May, 2001): 34-35.
:الأدب العربي والرواية العربية", أخبار الأدب410 (20 مايو2001) ,ص. 34-35.
“Translating Arabic Literature,” Translation Reviewno. 65 (2003): 1-5.
“Naguib Mahfouz: a retrospective,” Farhat J. Ziadeh Distinguished Lecture, University of
Washington, Seattle, 2004.
“Translation and Culture: Theory and Practice,” Journal of Social Affairs Vol. 21 no. 83 (Fall
2004): 13-23.
"الترجمة والتفاعل الثقافي: التنظير والتطبيق" , المجلس الأعلى للثقافة القاهرة , مايو 2004.
"الرواية والترجمة" , مؤتمر الرواية , الكويت , 2004.
“Lords of Misrule: history and fiction in two Moroccan novels,” Middle Eastern Literatures Vol. 9 no. 2 (August 2006): 199-209.
“Naguib Mahfouz: in memoriam,” Al-Ahram Weekly….
“Rewriting Literary History: the case of the Arabic novel,” Festschrift for Jaroslav Stetkevych.Journal of Arabic Literature Vol. 38 no. 3 (2007): 247-60.
b) Translations:
"The donkey market," (Tawfiq al-Hakim) Arab World, Oct.- Feb 1971-2, 20-28.
reprinted in Small Planet, New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1975, 71-
81.
"The chase" (Najib Mahfuz) Mundus Artium X no. 1 (1978), 138- 162.
"Investigation," (Najib Mahfuz) Edebiyat 3 no. 1 (1978) 27-43.
"Sunset march," (Yusuf Idris), "The enemies," (Zakariyya Tamir), "An old
photograph," (Najib Mahfuz), in Nimrod 24 no. 2 (Spr.- Sum. 1981), 39-42,
61-70, &
"The mummy awakes," (Najib Mahfuz) in The Worlds of Muslim Imagination ed.
Alamgir Hashmi, Islamabad: Gulmohar, 1986, 15-33 & 212-15.
"Snobbism" (Yusuf Idris, with Adnan Haydar), Journal of Arabic Literature XVIII
(1987).
"4 + 1 = 1" (Isma`il Fahd Isma`il), "Coal & Cash," (Khayriyya al-Saqqaf), and
"Waiting" (Muhammad Saeed Sayf) in The Literature of the Modern Arabia ed.
Salma Khadra Jayyusi, London: Kegan Paul International, 1988.
"The Odds-and-Ends Woman" (Habibi), "One Eye by Day" (Shruru), in Modern