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Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World 17.1-2 is out now! Special Issue

Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World 17.1-2 is out now!

Special Issue: ‘Perspectives on Modern Iraqi Literature and Literary Figures’

This Special Issue provides critical perspectives and insights on modern Iraqi literature and literary, cultural and artistic figures. The primary focus is on fiction, with the articles presenting in-depth readings of notable literary and artistic productions.

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Aims & Scope

The Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of the contemporary Middle East and Arab public sphere. Publishing works in both English and Arabic, the journal engages arts and culture, politics, history and economics as they address real world problems across the modern states and mosaic of cultures connected to the Middle East region. JCI&AW works to provide a platform by conveying prominent and emergent new voices in the field as well as by highlighting the relevance of evolving topics and questions of research in the scholarship of Middle Eastern and Iraq Studies.

Issue 17.1-2

Introduction

Perspectives on modern Iraqi literature and literary figures

SALAAM YOUSIF

Articles

Prometheus in the Iraqi alley: Muḥammad Khuḍayyir’s twenty-first century adab

FABIO CAIANI AND CATHERINE COBHAM

Gentle breeze or impending storm? Mahdi Issa al-Ṣaqr’s East Winds, West Winds in its postcolonial context

PAUL STARKEY

Interview

Jonathan Wright on translating Arab and Iraqi literature, interview by Ruth Abou Rached

RUTH ABOU RACHED