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Book Title: Classical Arabic Literature : a Library of Arabic Literature Anthology
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.2in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Geert January Van Gelder
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Arabic, Middle Eastern
Publisher: NY University Press
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Foreign Language Study, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 23.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
