The star, the cross, and the crescent: religions and conflicts in Francophone literature from the Arab world

Introduction: religion, politics, and literature in the Francophone Arab world. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Amin Maalouf's Les Croisades vues par les Arabes and Les échelles du Levant, Myriam Antaki's Les versets du pardon

The Arab-Israeli Conflict beyond the Middle East: Albert Memmi, Edmond Amran El Maleh, Farid Boudjellal, and Karin Albou

The Lebanese Civil War: Andrée Chédid's La maison sans racines and Evelyne Accad's L'excisée

The Algerian Civil War: Rachid Boudjedra's Le FIS de la haine, Rachid Mimouni's De la barbarie en général et de l'intégrisme en particulier, and Une enfance algérienne

Islam and the French Republic: the affair of the Muslim headscarf in works by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Abdelwahab Meddeb, Amin Maalouf, Albert Memmi, Leïla Sebbar, and Yamina Benguigui

Portrait of a terrorist: Slimane Benaïssa and Salim Bachi's 9/11 novels

Conclusion: the politics of translation: Francophone literature from the Arab World in the U.S.