Be Like Adam's Son

Fernanda Fischione is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellow (2021-2024) at Sapienza University of Rome - Universite Internationale de Rabat, with the project Transnational Maghreb and the International Prize for Arabic Fiction: Pluralism, inclusiveness, and peaceful coexistence in the contemporary Maghrebi novel. Arturo Monaco is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2025) at Sapienza University of Rome - American University of Beirut, with the project Digital Mythology and Arabic Literature: A Digital Archive to Study the Dynamics of the Reception of Greek Myths in Modern Arabic Literature. Fernanda Fischione is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellow (2021-2024) at Sapienza University of Rome - Universite Internationale de Rabat, with the project Transnational Maghreb and the International Prize for Arabic Fiction: Pluralism, inclusiveness, and peaceful coexistence in the contemporary Maghrebi novel. Arturo Monaco is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2025) at Sapienza University of Rome - American University of Beirut, with the project Digital Mythology and Arabic Literature: A Digital Archive to Study the Dynamics of the Reception of Greek Myths in Modern Arabic Literature.

• PrefaceIsabella Camera d’Afflitto, Sapienza University of Rome Introduction Fernanda Fischione and Arturo MonacoPart 1. Theorising Peace and Nonviolence1. From Jihad ‘Until the Day of Resurrection’ to Nonviolence: The Debate on War and Peace in the Mid-1960s Post-Nahḍah Arab GenerationPaola Pizzi, Sapienza University of Rome/EPHE 2. Kun ka-ibn Ādam: Nonviolence and Qur’anic Interpretation in Awdat Saʿīd’s ThoughtPietro Menghini, Scuola Superiore Meridionale, NaplesPart 2. From Literature of War to Literature of Reconciliation3. The Iran-Iraq War in Iraqi Novels: Oblivion and DisappearanceRonen Zeidel, Tel Aviv University4. The Painful Path towards Civil Liberties and Social Justice Followed by the Iraqi Ḥayāt ŠarārahElvira Diana, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti - Pescara 5. Pluralism and Ethno-Religious Identities in Iraqi Fiction: ʿAbdullāh Ṣaḫī’s Trilogy on Thawra CityAntonio Pacifico, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 / Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” 6. In Quest of the Virtuous City: Coexistence and In-/Hospitality in Ali Bader’s ʿĀzif al-ġuyūmAnnamaria Bianco, Aix-Marseille Universite – IREM AM7. Literature as a Mirror: The Search for Peace and Pacification in Moroccan Society as Depicted in Banāt al-ṣubbār (2018) by Karīmah AḥdādPaola Viviani,Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta 8. Youssef Fadel’s Trilogy: Testifying Violence to Negotiate Peace in Moroccan LiteratureCristina Dozio,Università degli Studi di MilanoPart 3. Practices of Mediation9. Lā tuṣāliḥ in the Sīrat al-Zīr Sālim: A Hymn to Long-term PeaceDaniela Potenza, Università degli Studi di Messina10. Twofold Slavery: Slave in Malta, Slave to Love of his Beloved Master: The Peaceful Letter a Muslim sent to Baldassarre Loyola Mandes S.J. (1631-1667)Federico Stella, University of Naples L’Orientale11. Peace and Justice. A Catholic Palestinian Response to the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictPaolo Maggiolini, Catholic University of Milan12. A Thousand and One Jordans: The Story of RafedìnOdetta Pizzingrilli, University of Macerata