Encyclopedia of Arabic Narration

Author: Abdullah Ibrahim

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A unique project that took more than 20 years of continuous work, published by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, it is a pioneering knowledge addition to the Arabic literary library.

A comprehensive understanding of the history of the emergence of major narrative genres in Arabic literature (maqamat, fairy tales, popular biographies, travel literature, and the modern novel), with a comprehensive analysis of their narrative and semantic structures.
Theoretical foundations for analyzing Arabic narratives and the cultural contexts that support them.
A comprehensive description of the cultural conditions that fostered the emergence of narrative genres in ancient Arabic literature, and an extensive analysis of the structure of each genre.
Travel literature, descriptions of wandering experiences, and the writings written about them are full of excitement and suspense, and have generated a passion among researchers to study them.
An attempt to reconstruct the cultural context of the emergence of modern Arabic narrative.
A book that celebrates the novel by making it the Arabs' anthology in the modern era, and a field of aesthetic creativity that has overflowed into the modern Arabic library.
Women, their literary value, and their prestigious position in the field of Arabic narrative, both ancient and modern, and the creative women's narratives that are a source of pride for the value of women in Arabic literature.
A clear demonstration of the literature of confession, which is surrounded by great caution in some societies that believe they are immune to mistakes.
The literature of fictional historical narratives and its literary and aesthetic value, far removed from the element of documentation and the search for facts.
General and comprehensive indexes that help the researcher to extract what he wants without difficulty.