The story of how Isma and Hajila, wives of the same man, escape from the traditional restraints imposed upon the women of their country.

Based on the author's discovery of a new folktale type, the female trickster, Jurich's book identifies and celebrates those female protagonists in folktales who

Algeria Cuts discusses the figure of woman, both under colonial rule in Algeria and within the postcolonial independent nation-state. It is an interdisciplinary

In CHIMERAJohn Barth injects his signature wit into the tales of Scheherezade of the Thousand and One Nights, Perseus, the slayer of Medusa, and Bellerophon, wh

Translated for the first time into English, this collection of short fiction by one of the leading writers of North Africa details the plight of Algerian women