SPIS TREŚCI
Introduction 7
Part I
Awakening of the Awareness of Subjugation – The Prophecy of the Spring of Nations in Arab Novels . 11
1. Az-Zuhra Ramīǧ: An-Nāǧūn (The Survivors) 13
2. Nabīl al-Mulḥim: Sarīr Baqlāwa al-ḥazīn (Baklava’s Sad Bed) . 15
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) 17
4. ‘Adnān Farzāt: Ra’s ar-raǧul al-kabīr (The Head of the Great Man) 19
5. Muḥammad Rabī‘: ‘Ām at-tinnīn (Year of the Dragon) 22
Part II
At the Heart of the Arab Spring Events 29
6. Hišām al-Ḫašin: 7 ayyām fī at-Taḥrīr (7 Days on Tahrir Square) 31
7. Šarīf Malīka: Wa al-malā’ika ayḍan taṣ‘ad li-ṭ-ṭābiq aṯ-ṯāliṯ (And the Angels Also Reach the Third Floor) . 40
8. Hišām ‘Alwān: Dafātir qadīma (Old Notebooks) 46
9. Nāṣir ‘Irāq: Tāǧ al-hudhud (Hoopoe Crown) 55
10. Rabāb Kassāb: Fustān faraḥ (A Wedding Dress) 63
11. Muḥammad Ǧarrāḥ: Šibh dawla (State-like) . 76
12. Nūr ‘Abd al-Maǧīd: Aḥlām mamnū‘a (Forbidden Dreams) . 83
13. Aḥmad Fāl Wuld ad-Dīn: Fī ḍiyāfat katā’ib al-Qaḏḏāfī (Hosted by Gaddafi Troops) . 90
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) . 97
15. Ibrāhīm al-Kūnī: Fursān al-aḥlām al-qatīla (The Knights of Slain Dreams) 105
16. ‘Adnān Farzāt: Kāna ar-ra’īs ṣadīqī (The President Was My Friend) 111
Part III
The Future: The Spring Continues 121
17. Mu‘taṣim aš-Šā‘ir: Uhzūǧat ar-raḥīl (A Song of Departure) and Fī intiẓār as-sulaḥfāt (Waiting for a Turtle) . 122
18. Aḥmad ‘Abd al-Malik: Al-Aqni‘a (Masks) . 125
19. Ṭayba aš-Šarīf al-Idrīsī: Ḥaǧar min saqar (A Stone from Hell) 134
20. Amīra aš-Širbīnī: ‘Itq (Liberation) 142
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) 148
Conclusion 157
Bibliography 159
Summary in Arabic 161