Yasu al-Masih: Jesus, the Christ. Specific to Christ, as opposed to 'Isa which is Jesus as a common name.

zaffa: wedding procession.

zagharid: ululations, joy-cries, celebrating a happy event. Made exclusively by women. Singular: zaghruda.

zarafa: giraffe.

Ismail Basha Sabri's poems: 'Take your fill ...': Tazawwada min al-aqmari qabla ufuliha

li-dhulmati ayami-l-furaqi wa tuliha

to; A-anta razinun ayyuha al-qalbu fi ghadin

kaahdika am sarin waraa humuliha?

'Leave off your coyness ...': Khalli sududak we hagrak

W-itfi lahibi we wagdi

Sait wisalak we urbak

aghla min el-umr andi

laglak hagarni manami.

we fik gafeit kulle saheb

we lagl urbak we waslak

sahibt gheir el-habayib.

ALSO BY AHDAF SOUEIF.

IN THE EYE OF THE SUN.

Set amidst the turmoil of contemporary Middle Eastern politics, this vivid and highly acclaimed novel is an intimate look into the lives of Arab women today. Here, a woman who grows up among the Egyptian elite marries a Westernized husband, and, while pursuing graduate study, becomes embroiled in a love affair with an uncouth Englishman.

Fiction/Literature/0-385-72037-8.

Books by AHDAF SOUEIF.

Aisha.

Sandpiper.

In the Eye of the Sun.

The Map of Love.