Human/Machine
- 264 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Explore how the future of human work enhanced by machines will open the door to a new golden age of innovation, discovery, operational efficiency and opportunity.
Daniel L. Newman Book order (chronological)
Daniel Lawrence Newman is a British writer, scholar, and translator of Arabic literature. His research centers on linguistics and literature, with a specialization in the 19th-century Nahda movement in Egypt and Tunisia. He also engages with medieval Arabic erotic literature, undertaking a project to edit and translate original manuscripts. As a translator, Newman has rendered several works of Arabic literature, spanning both pre-modern and modern eras.
Modern Arabic Short Stories. A Bilingual Reader
- 296 pages
- 11 hours of reading
The stories collected here are by leading authors of the short story form in the Middle East today. In addition to works by writers already wellknown in the West, such as Idwar al-Kharrat, Fu'ad al-Takarli and Nobel Prize winner Najib Mahfuz, the collection includes stories by key authors whose fame has hitherto been restricted to the Middle East. This bilingual reader is ideal for students of Arabic as well as lovers of literature who wish to broaden their appreciation of the work of Middle Eastern writers. The collection features stories in the original Arabic, accompanied by an English translation and a brief author biography, as well as a discussion of context and background. Each story is followed by a glossary and discussion of problematic language points. 'Recommended' CHOICE