The Resource New waw : Saharan oasis, Ibrahim Al-Koni ; translated and introduced by William M. Hutchins
New waw : Saharan oasis, Ibrahim Al-Koni ; translated and introduced by William M. Hutchins
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- Summary
- Upon the death of their leader, a group of Tuareg, a nomadic Berber community whose traditional homeland is the Sahara Desert, turns to the heir dictated by tribal custom; however, he is a poet reluctant to don the mantle of leadership. Forced by tribal elders to abandon not only his poetry but his love, who is also a poet, he reluctantly serves as leader. Whether by human design or the meddling of the Spirit World, his death inspires his tribe to settle down permanently, abandoning not only nomadism but also the inherited laws of the tribe. The community they found, New Waw, which they name for the mythical paradise of the Tuareg people, is also the setting of Ibrahim al-Koni's companion novel, The Puppet. For al-Koni, this Tuareg tale of the tension between nomadism and settled life represents a choice faced by people everywhere, in many walks of life, as a result of globalism. He sees an inevitable interface between myth and contemporary life
- Language
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- eng
- ara
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 150 pages
- Note
- Translated from the Arabic
- Isbn
- 9780292754751
- Label
- New waw : Saharan oasis
- Title
- New waw
- Title remainder
- Saharan oasis
- Statement of responsibility
- Ibrahim Al-Koni ; translated and introduced by William M. Hutchins
- Language
-
- eng
- ara
- eng
- Summary
- Upon the death of their leader, a group of Tuareg, a nomadic Berber community whose traditional homeland is the Sahara Desert, turns to the heir dictated by tribal custom; however, he is a poet reluctant to don the mantle of leadership. Forced by tribal elders to abandon not only his poetry but his love, who is also a poet, he reluctantly serves as leader. Whether by human design or the meddling of the Spirit World, his death inspires his tribe to settle down permanently, abandoning not only nomadism but also the inherited laws of the tribe. The community they found, New Waw, which they name for the mythical paradise of the Tuareg people, is also the setting of Ibrahim al-Koni's companion novel, The Puppet. For al-Koni, this Tuareg tale of the tension between nomadism and settled life represents a choice faced by people everywhere, in many walks of life, as a result of globalism. He sees an inevitable interface between myth and contemporary life
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kūnī, Ibrāhīm
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Hutchins, William M.
- University of Texas at Austin
- Series statement
- Modern Middle East literatures in translation series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Tuaregs
- Muslims
- Label
- New waw : Saharan oasis, Ibrahim Al-Koni ; translated and introduced by William M. Hutchins
- Note
- Translated from the Arabic
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000052582438
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 150 pages
- Isbn
- 9780292754751
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013950932
- System control number
- (OCoLC)862758066
- Label
- New waw : Saharan oasis, Ibrahim Al-Koni ; translated and introduced by William M. Hutchins
- Note
- Translated from the Arabic
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000052582438
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 150 pages
- Isbn
- 9780292754751
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013950932
- System control number
- (OCoLC)862758066
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