Please note: contents of the reader may change throughout the semester. Please alert me about any dead or malfunctioning links and check the Class Updates page for the most recent reading assignments.

Week 1: General Introduction

Week 2: Mahfouz, Midaq Alley

Week 3: Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero

Week 4: Salih, Season of Migration to the North

Week 5: al-Shaykh, Women of Sand and Myrrh

Weeks 6 & 7: Habiby, The Secret Life of Saeed

Week 8: Suleiman, Chronicle of a Disappearance

Weeks 9 & 10: Oz, Black Box

Weeks 11-13: "The New Dystopians" (Blasim, The Corpse Exhibition and Eltoukhy, Women of Karantina)