1. The literary imagination in Israel-Palestine: orientalism, poetry, and biopolitics: by Hella Bloom Cohen, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, 210 pp., $109.99 (hardback), ISBN 9781137551368. Issue 2 (2nd September 2018) Authors: Carnie, Daniel Journal: Middle Eastern literatures Issue: Volume 21:Issue 2/3(2018) Page Start: 256 Record Type: Journal Article View Content: Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
2. Fictitious capital: silk, cotton, and the rise of the Arabic novel: by Elizabeth M. Holt, New York, Fordham University Press, 2017, 197 pp., $25.00 (paperback), ISBN-13 9780823276035. Issue 2 (2nd September 2018) Authors: Hayek, Ghenwa Journal: Middle Eastern literatures Issue: Volume 21:Issue 2/3(2018) Page Start: 252 Record Type: Journal Article View Content: Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
3. Mullā ˁAbbūd Al-Karkhī (1861–1946), vernacular poet of early twentieth century Baghdad. Issue 2 (2nd September 2018) Authors: Holes, Clive Journal: Middle Eastern literatures Issue: Volume 21:Issue 2/3(2018) Page Start: 225 Record Type: Journal Article View Content: Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
4. "The duck that broke the mule's back" by Haifa Zangana. Issue 2 (2nd September 2018) Authors: Ouyang, Wen-chin Journal: Middle Eastern literatures Issue: Volume 21:Issue 2/3(2018) Page Start: 244 Record Type: Journal Article View Content: Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
5. The reading processes of a Scottish Ottomanist: E. J. W. Gibb and his young Ottoman sources. Issue 2 (2nd September 2018) Authors: Gür, Nagihan Journal: Middle Eastern literatures Issue: Volume 21:Issue 2/3(2018) Page Start: 171 Record Type: Journal Article View Content: Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
6. Baghdad noir: edited by Samuel Shimon, Akashic Noir Series, New York, Akashic Books, 2018, 256 pp., $15.95 (paperback), ISBN 9781617753435. Issue 2 (2nd September 2018) Authors: Firmani, Mark Journal: Middle Eastern literatures Issue: Volume 21:Issue 2/3(2018) Page Start: 260 Record Type: Journal Article View Content: Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
7. She is no Desdemona: a Syrian woman in Samar Attar's Shakespearean subversions. Issue 2 (2nd September 2018) Authors: Alhawamdeh, Hussein A. Journal: Middle Eastern literatures Issue: Volume 21:Issue 2/3(2018) Page Start: 154 Record Type: Journal Article View Content: Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
8. Frankenstein in Baghdad: a novel: by Ahmad Saadawi, translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright, New York, Penguin Books, 2018, 281 pp., $10.87 (paperback), ISBN 9780143128793. Issue 2 (2nd September 2018) Authors: Hamdan, Mohammed Journal: Middle Eastern literatures Issue: Volume 21:Issue 2/3(2018) Page Start: 258 Record Type: Journal Article View Content: Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
9. "Mirror" by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi. Issue 2 (2nd September 2018) Authors: Heidari, Himan Journal: Middle Eastern literatures Issue: Volume 21:Issue 2/3(2018) Page Start: 240 Record Type: Journal Article View Content: Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
10. An enchanted ring and a Dung Beetle: contaminated borders in Hassan Blasim's nightmarish narratives. Issue 2 (2nd September 2018) Authors: Al-Masri, Khaled Journal: Middle Eastern literatures Issue: Volume 21:Issue 2/3(2018) Page Start: 115 Record Type: Journal Article View Content: Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗