Food as culture in literature and the arts

This issue of Alif seeks to contribute to current scholarship on food and foodways. Food, here, emerges as a way to construct identities--both individual and national--and as a means of addressing familial, social, and religious issues, thereby providing a valuable critical approach, not just to literature and the arts, but to the humanities and social sciences as well.

CONTRIBUTORS:
Emad Abdul-latif, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
Randa Aboubakr, Cairo University, Egypt
Shereen Abouelnaga, Cairo University, Egypt
Asaad Alsaleh, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Isabella Alto