Volume 5, No. 29 aljadid (Fall 1999)
D.H. Melhem on Nawal El Saadawi's Recent Writings Sayyid Darwish: Major Pioneer of Arabic Music
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Al Jadid Table of Contents
 
Features & Essays
4. Imagining Lebanon Through Rahbani Musicals, by Elise Salem Manganaro
7. "...Bemoan a Wound" Kuwaiti Writers Convicted, by Aljadid Staff
An Author Responds: The "Crime" of Disturbing Calm Waters With a Pen, by Laila al-Othman
12. Nawal El-Saadawi's 'Daughters of Isis,' Life and Times via the Plentitude of Her Writings,, by D.H. Melhem
18. Fateh al-Moudarres, Syrian Artist Who fought for Justice With Brush, Pen, Abd al-Rahman Munif
21. Lebanon Redeems a Tradition of Freedom, Court Exonerates Khalife of All Charges, by Al Jadid Staff
This Moment...In Defense of Marcel Khalife, by Adonis
36. The Nomadization of Culture, by Etel Adnan
Interviews
8. Egyptian Playwright Alfred Farag Analyzes Decline of Arab Theater, by Dina Amin
Music
7. Sayyid Darwish: A Pioneer of Arabic Music, by Nezar Mrouhe
31. Beyond Cultural Borders: Blending Musical Traditions to Create a New Style, A Conversation With Composer and Oud Player Rabih Abou-Khalil, by Ibtisam S. Barakat
Poetry
14. If Only You Would Return to Me, by Buland al-Haydari
26. They Departed, by Buland al-Haydari
Book Reviews
14. The Square Moon: Supernatural Tales, by Ghada Samman
Reviewed by Christopher McCabe
16. Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque, by Mohja Kahf
Reviewed by Terri DeYoung
20. At the Wall of the Almighty, by Farnoosh Moshiri
Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith, by Gina barkhordar Nahai
On Persian Roads, by Laurence Deonna
Reviewed by Judith Gabriel
22. Lebanon: Four Journeys to the Past, by Roseanne Saad Khalaf
Reviewed by Malek Abisaab
23. Islam in America, by Jane I. Smith
Reviewed by Quintan Wiktorowicz
24. New Media in the Muslim World, eds., Dale F. Eickelman and John Anderson
Reviewed by Judith Gabriel
26. The Gardens of Light, by Amin Maalouf
Reviewed by Najat Rahman
28. The Garden of Joys: An Anthology of Oriental Anecdotes, Fables and Proverbs, translated and related by Henry Cattan
Reviewed by Pamela Nice
29. The Neverfield Poem, by Nathalie Handal
Reviewed by Lisa Suhair Majaj
Outremer, by Nabil Saleh
Reviewed by Issa J. Boullata
30. Directions of Change in Rural Egypt, edited by Nicholas S. Hopkins and Kirsten Westergaard
Reviewed by Faisal Tbeileh
The Open Veins of Jerusalem, A Jusoor Book
Reviewed by Lynne Rogers
 


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