Syracuse University Press

Well known throughout the Islamic world as the foundational thinker for a significant portion of the contemporary Muslim intelligentsia, Sayyid Qutb (1906 1966) was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood...

A collection of some of the most formative work of twentieth-century Persian literature.Author: Simin BehbahaniPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublication Date: Aug 15, 2023Number of Pages: 210...

Author: Donald D. CoxPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublication Date: Jun 01, 2002Number of Pages: 216 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0815607407ISBN-13: 9780815607403

With his intense, quickfire psychological fiction and consistent portrayal of characters? subconscious minds, Jonah Rosenfeld is a standout among Yiddish authors of the early twentieth century. In...

Author: Paul SchaeferPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublication Date: Nov 01, 1993Number of Pages: 224 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0815602758ISBN-13: 9780815602750

Author: A. G. MojtabaiPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublication Date: Oct 01, 1997Number of Pages: 272 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0815605080ISBN-13: 9780815605089

In Bociany, Rosenfarb offers completely absorbing portrayals of Jews and Christians from several walks of life in the shtetl. Her primary characters are the scribe?s widow Hindele, her son Yacov, the...

Of all the groups of wild mushrooms, none have engendered more enthusiasm and affection than the boletes. Their inherent beauty, abundance, and, for many, culinary appeal have firmly established them...

Winner of the King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies Translation of Arabic Literature Award 2013. Chronicles of Majnun Layla and Selected Poems brings together in one volume Haddad's...

The first anthology of its kind in the West, Contemporary Iraqi Fiction gathers work from sixteen Iraqi writers, all translated from Arabic into English. Shedding a bright light on the rich diversity...

Better than any other single work, Daniel enables us to understand the significance of the transition Buber made from his early mysticism to the philosophy of dialogue. The book is written in the...

First published serially in the Yiddish daily newspaper di Varhayt in 1916?18, Diary of a Lonely Girl, or The Battle against Free Love is a novel of intimate feelings and scandalous behaviors, shot...

In this memoir, Pearson renders time and place vividly through lyrical narrative and generous spirit towards his characters, juxtaposing descriptions of adolescent escapades with the grim discipline...

In the wake of their victory in the Tuscarora War (1711-15), English settlers forced the Tuscarora Indians of eastern North Carolina, along with the Meherrin, Core, Chowan, Mattamuskeet, Neuse,...

Controversial then and now, the powerful, brawling, tempestuous Ethan Allen is generally conceded to have played a dominant role in the affairs of early Vermont and the American Republic. Allen was a...

Ahmet Midhat Efendi's famous 1875 novel Felâtun Bey and Râkim Efendi takes place in late nineteenth-century Istanbul and follows the lives of two young men who come from radically different...

Why does a particular landscape move us? What is it that attaches us to a particular place? Tall?s From Where We Stand is an eloquent exploration of the connections we have with places?and the loss...

From Uzbek author-in-exile Hamid Ismailov comes a dark new parable of power, corruption, fraud, and deception. Ismailov narrates an intimate clash of civilizations as he follows the lives of three...

The Epic of Gilgamesh is perhaps the greatest surviving work of early Mesopotamian literature. According to legend, Gilgamesh built the city walls of Uruk, modern-day Iraq, to protect his people from...

Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim with a singular story of endurance, desperation, and unrequited love. Harry Haft was a sixteen-year-old...

Walid Masoud disappears. A Palestinian intellectual, he has been living in Baghdad since the first Israeli War of 1948. As a member of an organization engaged in the armed struggle against Israel,...

By turns bleak, nostalgic, and lighthearted, Jerusalem Stands Alone explores the interconnected lives of its mostly Palestinian cast. This series of quick moving vignettes tells the story of occupied...

A memoir of coming of age and struggling to leave the USSR. Shrayer chronicles the triumphs and humiliations of a Soviet childhood and expresses the dreams and fears of a Jewish family that never...

With every touchdown, home run, and three-pointer, star athletes represent an American dream that only an elite group blessed with natural talent can achieve. However, Kimball concentrates on what...

The pure verbal energy characterizing Hungarian poetry may be regarded as one of the most striking components of Hungarian culture. More than 800 years ago, under the inspiration of classical and...

In Literary Optics, Maha AbdelMegeed offers a compelling and far-reaching alternative to the traditional mode of analyzing Arabic literature through an encounter between Arabic narrative forms and...

As universities rethink their approach to student and faculty mental health, Mad Scholar showcases academics who proudly embrace the label of the "mad scholar." In twenty-three essays from...

Author: Thomas SzaszPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublication Date: Oct 08, 2007Number of Pages: 232 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0815608675ISBN-13: 9780815608677

Author: Jilali El KoudiaPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublication Date: Feb 08, 2018Number of Pages: 196 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0815611013ISBN-13: 9780815611011

Moses Hazen, commander of the Second Canadian Reiment, was an unusual and influential man during the period of the American Revolution. The Tories who fled to Canada have received careful study, but...