What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us (Record no. 3322)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781479862252
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency PMNP
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency Kutubkhanah Diraja
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 892.714
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us
Remainder of title Or, A Period of Time, Volume Two
Statement of responsibility, etc. Edited and Translated by Roger Allen
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. NYU Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2015
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 404p
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us is a masterpiece of early twentieth-century Arabic prose. Penned by the Egyptian journalist Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī, this highly original work was first introduced in serialized form in his family’s pioneering newspaper Miṣbāḥ al-Sharq (Light of the East) and later published in book form in 1907. Widely hailed for its erudition and mordant wit, What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us was embraced by Egypt’s burgeoning reading public and soon became required reading for generations of school students.<br/><br/>Bridging classical genres and modern Arabic fiction, What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us is divided into two parts. Sarcastic in tone and critical in outlook, the first part of the book relates the excursions of its narrator, ʿĪsā ibn Hishām, and his companion, the Pasha, through a rapidly westernizing Cairo and provides vivid commentary on a society negotiating—however imperfectly—the clash between traditional norms and imported cultural values. The second half takes the narrator to Paris to visit the Exposition Universelle of 1900, where al-Muwaylihi casts a critical eye on European society, modernity, and the role of Western imperialism as it ripples across the globe.<br/><br/>Paving the way for the modern Arabic novel, What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us is invaluable both for its insight into colonial Egypt and its pioneering role in Arabic literary history.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Arabic literature
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          Perbadanan Muzium Negeri Pahang Annexe Office Annexe 06/06/2025   892.714 2025-0147 06/06/2025 06/06/2025 Books