It is now being heralded as the oldest collection of fictional stories from the Arab world, predating the infinitely better-known Nights. As befits its title, the extraordinary story of how this ancient manuscript finally saw the light of day is a marvel in its own right. He’s speaking a couple of days ahead of his series of lectures that start on February 7 at the Dubai International Writers’ Centre, a part of the Emirates Literature Foundation.Ī renowned authority on the Arabian Nights, Irwin will also be talking about his latest Orientalist discovery, Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange, just published in the UK by Penguin Classics. “I’ve been several times from the 60s, when it was part of the Trucial States, and I’ve always loved it. “I’m longing to be back in the Middle East and specifically the Emirates,” says Robert Irwin, the British Arabist and author of six novels.
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