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Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA Studies)

This is a multi-disciplinary guide to support research in the broad field of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Studies. Topics covered include geography, history, literatures and languages, cultures, immigration and emigration, and diasporic studies

Languages

The Toronto Metropolitan University Library collects chiefly English language publications with modest collections in languages that are taught at the university:French, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi and Mandarin Chinese. Materials that originally appeared in languages used in the MENA region may be represented in the library as translations into English.We also have some core bilingual dictionaries.

Use the TMU Catalogue to browse by Library of Congress Subject Headings beginning with terms such as:

Literature and Literary Criticism

Use the TMU Library Catalogue to search for known works or works by known authors. To find literary anthologies and works of literary criticism, consider subject searches that begin with root headings such as the following:

Consider keyword searching such as the following:

Literary Authors

Lists of literary authors by language, country of origin, region, etcetera can be found online through sources such as Wikipedia as well as in published books or monographs. Some examples follow:

Consult also the encyclopedias and dictionaries listed on the Books and E-books page.

A Sample from the TMU Library Collection

Literary Authors in the Diaspora

Use the TMU Library Catalogue to search for known authors or titles.
Try keyword searches such as the following:

A Sample of Canadian authors from the MENA diaspora