I. Translation of Jurji Zaidan’s Five Historical Novels

Translations of historical novels by noted translators scholars were initiated in 2009 and have all been completed. The first novel, the Conquest of Andalusia, has been published and the other four novels are expected to be published by the spring of 2012.  

1. The Conquest of Andalusia (Fath- al-Andalus).
Translated with an Afterword and Study Guide by Professor Roger Allen of the University of Pennsylvania and an introduction by the Zaidan Foundation.

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2. The Battle of Poitiers (or Charles Martel and ‘Abd al- Rahman).
Translated with a Study Guide by Professor William Granara of Harvard University and an introduction by the Zaidan Foundation.

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3. The Caliph’s Sister -- Harun al-Rashid and the Fall of the Persians
(al-Abbasa Ukht al-Rashid)
Translated by Professor Issa J. Boullata of Mc Gill University with a Study Guide and an introduction by the Zaidan Foundation.

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4. The Caliph’s Heirs -- Brothers at War: the Fall of Baghdad
(al-Amin wal-Ma’mun).
Translated with an Afterword and Study Guide by Professor Michael Cooperson of UCLA and an Introduction by the Zaidan Foundation.

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5. Saladin and the Assassins(Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi).
Translated by Professor Paul Starkey of Durham University in the UK with a Study Guide and an Introduction by the Zaidan Foundation.

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II. Conference on Jurji Zaidan’s Contributions to Modern Arab Thought and Literature

A one day Conference, sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Zaidan Foundation on the works of Jurji Zaidan is being planned at the Library of Congress in Washington DC on Tuesday June 5, 2012. Papers have been commissioned from worldwide noted scholars to be read at the Conference and to be edited by Professor Thomas Philipp in a book to be published on the Proceedings of that Conference.

See Conference Program here.

III. Jurji Zaidan’s Secular Analysis of History and Language as Foundations of Arab Nationalism

A scholarly volume by Professor Thomas Philipp has been completed and should be published in 2012.

See details here.