...Karim Mattar Copyright © 2014 Regents of the University of Colorado 2014 T h e S h a b a h» o f W o r l d L i t e r a t u r e : b e d o u in C a r to g r a p h ie s in A b d u lra h m a n M u n if s C it ie s o f Sa l t Karim M attar The Prawer Plan: The Bedouin in the M odern State System...

... as an English woman in prim arily Muslim te rrito ry dressed and acting like a Muslim m an served to attra ct rather than repel the reigning powers in Syria. The O ttom ans and the Bedouins courted her: I am the oracle of the Arabs, and the darling of all the troops . . . and the fan at­ ics all bow before me...

... a geographic w orld of nations and eth­ nic identities" (Damrosch, Casanova, Shih, Dimock, etc and, taking a cue from Pheng Cheah and Jacques Derrida, refocuses the debate on the o n to lo g y of "th e lite ra ry " itself. In "T he Shabah o f W orld Literature: Bedouin Cartographies in A bdulrahm an M u n if's...