The tradition which requires an Arab writer to reflect public consensus as touch as private emotion has become increasingly difficult and dangerous in the turbulence of modern Arab politics. Dr Robin Ostle , of the School of Oriental and African Studies, talks to Arab writers and critics about the problems they face and describes how their literature has changed in order to survive.
Contributors include MUSTAFA BADAWI , LOUIS AWAD . USSAN ABBAS .
EDWARD EL-KHARRAT . YAHYA HAGGI , URAHIM SHUKRALLAH . SABRY HAFEZ , TAWFIQ ZAYYAD .
Producer THOMAS sutcliffe