Talk
WHEN
December 12, 2012
6:30-8:30 PM
WHERE
Intercontinental Hotel Auditorium, Abu Dhabi
WHO
NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
Open to the Public
The Editors of the Library of Arabic Literature discuss a 12th-century work on the wives and women of caliphs and sultans. Julia Bray places the work in its historical and literary context and Shawkat Toorawa moderates a panel discussion on the process of collaborative translation and on the challenges of rendering classical Arabic poetry and prose.
Julia Bray Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford
Shawkat M. Toorawa Associate Professor of Arabic Literature and Islamic Studies, Cornell University
Joined by the Editors of the Library of Arabic Literature
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