Contents

pp 5-6

Introduction

pp 7-10

Part I - Awakening of the Awareness of Subjugation – The Prophecy of the Spring of Nations in Arab Novels

pp 11-12

1 - Az - Zuhra Ramīǧ : An-Nāǧūn (The Survivors)

pp 13-14

2 - Nabīl al - Mulḥim : Sarīr Baqlāwa al-ḥazīn (Baklava’s Sad Bed)

pp 15-16

3 - Ibrāhīm Darġūṯī : Waqāi‘ mā ǧarā li-al-mar’a ḏāt al-qabqāb aḏ-ḏahabī (Circumstances Related to What Happened to a Woman in Golden Clogs)

pp 17-18

4 - ‘Adnān Farzāt : Ra’s ar-raǧul al-kabīr (The Head of the Great Man)

pp 19-21

5 - Muḥammad Rabī‘: ‘Ām at-tinnīn (Year of the Dragon)

pp 22-28

Part II - At the Heart of the Arab Spring Events

pp 29-30

Egypt: Mīdān At-Taḥrīr (Tahrir Square)

pp 31-31

6 - Hišām al - Ḫašin : 7 ayyām fī at-Taḥrīr (7 Days on Tahrir Square)

pp 31-39

7 - Šarīf Malīka : Wa al-malā’ika ayḍan taṣ‘ad li-ṭ-ṭābiq aṯ-ṯāliṯ (And the Angels Also Reach the Third Floor)

pp 40-45

8 - Hišām ‘ Alwān : Dafātir qadīma (Old Notebooks)

pp 46-54

9 - Nāṣir ‘ Irāq : Tāǧ al-hudhud (Hoopoe Crown)

pp 55-62

10 - Rabāb Kassāb : Fustān faraḥ (A Wedding Dress)

pp 63-75

11 - Muḥammad Ǧarrāḥ : Šibh dawla (State-like)

pp 76-82

12 - Nūr ‘ Abd al - Maǧīd : Aḥlām mamnū‘a (Forbidden Dreams)

pp 83-89

Libya and Syria

pp 90-90

13 - Aḥmad Fāl Wuld Ad - Dīn : Fī ḍiyāfat katā’ib al-Qaḏḏāfī (Hosted by Gaddafi Troops)

pp 90-96

14 - Muḥammad Saʻīd Ar - Rīḥānī : ‘Aduww aš-šams – al-bahlawān al-laḏī ṣāra waḥšan (The Enemy of the Sun – A Clown Who Has Become a Beast)

pp 97-104

15 - Ibrāhīm Al - Kūnī : Fursān al-aḥlām al-qatīla (The Knights of Slain Dreams)

pp 105-110

16 - ‘ Adnān Farzāt : Kāna ar-ra’īs ṣadīqī (The President Was My Friend)

pp 111-120

Part III - The Future: The Spring Continues

pp 121-121

17 - Mu‘Taṣim Aš - Šā‘Ir : Uhzūǧat ar-raḥīl (A Song of Departure) and Fī intiẓār as-sulaḥfāt (Waiting for a Turtle)

pp 122-124

18 - Aḥmad ‘Abd Al - Malik : Al-Aqni‘a (Masks)

pp 125-133

19 - Ṭayba Aš - Šarīf Al - Idrīsī : Ḥaǧar min saqar (A Stone from Hell)

pp 134-141

20 - Amīra Aš - Širbīnī : ‘Itq (Liberation)

pp 142-147

21 - ‘ Izz Ad - Dīn Šukrī Fašīr : Bāb al-ẖurūǧ – risālat ‘Alī al-muf‘ama bi-bahǧa ġayr mutawaqqa‘a (The Gate to Leave – Ali’s Letter Filled with Unexpected Joy)

pp 148-156

Conclusion

pp 157-158