Bernd Pfaffl Pfaffl itibaren Barhauna, Bihar, India
This collection of Tayeb Salih's short stories, including the novella "The Wedding of Zein," as well as "Duma Wad Hamid," gives the reader an opportunity to experience life in rural Sudan through the eyes of Salih's protagonists. For a helpful article on "The Wedding of Zein," find Michael Sells' chapter on teaching an "Islamic" novel in the volume "Teaching Islam," edited by Brandon Wheeler and published by the American Academy of Religion.