Title: Perspective of the Arab world.
Authors: Polk, William Roe, 1929-; Polk, William R. 1929-2020
Publisher: Intercultural Publications,
Year: 1956
Subjects: Arabs Civilization.; Islamic civilization; Arabian Peninsula.
Contents: The Arab world : a culture in transition -- Introduction by the editor / William R. Polk -- Arabic culture / Albert Hourani -- A scholar's boyhood : a sketch / Taha Hussein -- Social reform : Factor X / Sir Hamilton A.R. Gibb -- The shadow play / [text by Jacob Landau ; drawings by Jane Sala] -- The errand : a story / Yusif Idris -- The changing economic scene / W.R. Polk & W.O. Thweatt -- Contemporary artists -- The present mood in literature / Jamal Mohammed Ahmed -- The comedy of death : a story / Mahmoud Teymour -- Mohammad the messenger -- Islam past and present / Ishaq Husseini -- The pilgrimage : a story / Driss Chraïbi -- Sounds and music / Helen Rivlin -- A Muslim passion play / Emrys Peters -- The Arabic language -- The will of the saint : a story / Dhu Nun Ayyub -- The death of Mohammed : a play / Tawfiq El-Hakim -- Poetry. Memories of childhood / Khalil Matran ; The rebel / Albert Adib ; Two Lebanese mountain poems / Michel Traad ; Dr. Choumayyil's cat / Taniyous Abdouh ; Three proverbs -- Chronology -- A map of the Arab world / Dorothy de Fontaine.