SOURCE: Allen, Roger. Introduction to In the Eye of the Beholder: Tales of Egyptian Life from the Writings of Yusuf Idris, edited by Roger Allen, pp. vii-xxxix. Minneapolis: Bibliotheca Islamica, 1978.
In the following essay, Allen traces Idris's development as a short fiction writer and assesses his contribution to modern Arabic fiction.
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