This book challenges Orientalist and colonialist narratives by exploring postcolonial representation of Arabic culture and history in contemporary Arabic literature, Arab British literature, American literature and South Asian literature. It argues for better integration of Arab Muslim contexts in the postcolonial canon, through discussion of the historical encounters of Arabs and Europeans in the final years of the Reconquest in Moorish Spain and the Third Crusade, the cultural geographies of Sudan, Egypt, and the Palestinian territories, and postcolonial Europe and the USA.

This book is the first study of the tradition of counter-Orientalism in postcolonial works by Arab home writers, Arab migrant writers and non-Arab writers. It is of particular significance to scholars, advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in the field of Arab writing and postcolonial studies, presenting research pertinent to the study of the Middle East, religious fundamentalism, history, and mythology, as well as East-West international relationships.