Naṣr Allāh, Ibrāhīm,
The lanterns of the king of Galilee / Ibrahim Nasrallah ; translated by Nancy Roberts. - xii, 550 pages : map ; 23 cm. - Modern Arabic literature . - Modern Arabic literature. .
"A novel of 18th-century Palestine"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-550).
In eighteenth-century Palestine, on the shores of Galilee's Lake Tiberias, visionary political and military leader Daher al-Umar al-Zaydani undertakes a journey toward the greatest aim anyone could hope to achieve in his day: the establishment of an autonomous Arab state. To do so he must challenge the rule of the greatest power in the world at the time- the Ottoman Empire -while translating the ideals of human dignity, justice, and religious tolerance into concrete daily realities--Back cover.
Translated from the Arabic.
9774166663 9789774166662
Ẓāhir al-ʻUmar, active 1750-1775 --Fiction.
Ẓāhir al-ʻUmar, active 1750-1775.
Ẓāhir al-ʻUmar, active 1750-1775 --Fiction.
Palestine--Fiction.
Galilee (Israel)--Fiction.
Israel--Galilee.
Middle East--Palestine.
Arabic fiction--21st century.
Arabic fiction--Palestine.
Fiction.
PJ7852.A688 / Q2613 2014
892.7/3
The lanterns of the king of Galilee / Ibrahim Nasrallah ; translated by Nancy Roberts. - xii, 550 pages : map ; 23 cm. - Modern Arabic literature . - Modern Arabic literature. .
"A novel of 18th-century Palestine"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-550).
In eighteenth-century Palestine, on the shores of Galilee's Lake Tiberias, visionary political and military leader Daher al-Umar al-Zaydani undertakes a journey toward the greatest aim anyone could hope to achieve in his day: the establishment of an autonomous Arab state. To do so he must challenge the rule of the greatest power in the world at the time- the Ottoman Empire -while translating the ideals of human dignity, justice, and religious tolerance into concrete daily realities--Back cover.
Translated from the Arabic.
9774166663 9789774166662
Ẓāhir al-ʻUmar, active 1750-1775 --Fiction.
Ẓāhir al-ʻUmar, active 1750-1775.
Ẓāhir al-ʻUmar, active 1750-1775 --Fiction.
Palestine--Fiction.
Galilee (Israel)--Fiction.
Israel--Galilee.
Middle East--Palestine.
Arabic fiction--21st century.
Arabic fiction--Palestine.
Fiction.
PJ7852.A688 / Q2613 2014
892.7/3