- ISBN: 9780415597432 | 0415597439
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 8/9/2010
This book explores the complex relationship between the novel and identity in modern Arab culture against a backdrop of contemporary Egypt. It uses the example of the Egyptian novel to interrogate the root causes ' religious, social, political, and psychological ' of the lingering identity crisis that has afflicted Arab culture for at least two centuries.