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Due to its mythical past, cosmopolitan history, and literary significance, representations of Alexandria are far from coherent, chronological, or clear. This panel seeks papers that view the city as a space that hovers between past/present, local/global, center/periphery, private/public, etc. Papers may focus on the specific ways the city is imagined, invoked, and invented. They may also use different iterations of the city to draw larger conclusions on the development of the Arabic novel.Please submit an abstract of 250-500 words directly to this link:https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html#cfp15168Deadline for abstracts: Sept. 30, 2014Northeast Modern Language Association46th Annual ConventionToronto, OntarioApril 30-May 3, 2015