LITERATURE AND NATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the contributors to this book for their patience andunderstanding. Thanks are also due to Shahla Suleiman and Jane Muhawi whohave helped in many important ways, to Sarah Artt who helped in preparingthe manuscript, and to Nicola Ramsey, our EUP editor, for her patience, perseveranceand understanding. Needless to say, all the errors in this book are ourresponsibility.We would also like to add that the views and terminologies of the contributorsdo not necessarily reflect those of the editors.Yasir Suleiman and Ibrahim MuhawiEdinburgh and MunichJune 2005— vii —