# ARAB 239 — The Arabic Novel (AUB)

> ARAB 239 The Arabic Novel at American University of Beirut. 4.5/5 from 2 ratings · 2 student reviews.

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Retrieved: 2026-09-18

## Facts

- Course code: ARAB 239
- Title: The Arabic Novel
- University: American University of Beirut (AUB)
- Subject: Arabic
- Department: Arabic
- Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Credits: 3
- Counts toward General Education: Understanding Communication
- Professors on record (1): Zeina Halabi

## Catalogue description

This course explores the novel as an aesthetic form that asks critical questions about modernity, subjectivity, and value and that seeks to intervene in its social reality. Situating novels in Arabic within broader theoretical debates in the field, the course navigates the polarized debates on this form, its history, and its present. Annually.

## Quick answers

### What is ARAB 239 at AUB?

ARAB 239 The Arabic Novel is a 3-credit course at American University of Beirut (AUB), in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. This course explores the novel as an aesthetic form that asks critical questions about modernity, subjectivity, and value and that seeks to intervene in its social reality.

### How many credits is ARAB 239?

ARAB 239 The Arabic Novel is worth 3 credits at AUB.

### Is ARAB 239 hard?

Students rate ARAB 239 4.5 out of 5 overall, from 2 ratings.

### Who teaches ARAB 239 at AUB?

Studiety has 1 professor on record for ARAB 239: Zeina Halabi. Sections change every term, so check the registrar for who is teaching now.

## Student ratings

- Overall: 4.5/5 from 2 ratings

## Student reviews

2 of 2 reviews by students who took the course. Any review carried over from
elsewhere is marked with its source on its own line.

- **4/5 · 2022-01** — Students describe ARAB 239 with Zeina Halabi as an easy course with nothing to be intimidated by.

- **5/5 · 2022-01** — Zeina Halabi's ARAB 239 is highly recommended and easy; nothing to be scared of, and the professor is very nice.

## See also

- [All Arabic courses at AUB](https://studiety.com/aub/subject/arabic.md)
- [Every AUB subject](https://studiety.com/aub/subjects.md)

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