Download or read book Arab Culture and the Novel written by Muhammad Siddiq and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the complex relationship between the novel and identity in modern Arab culture against a backdrop of contemporary Egypt. It uses the example of the Egyptian novel to interrogate the root causes – religious, social, political, and psychological – of the lingering identity crisis that has afflicted Arab culture for at least two centuries.