Conclusion: To Write or Not to Write

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. FOREWORD / Away from Dūra (or Life in the Margins) xi
4. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
5. NOTE ON TRANSLATION, TRANSCRIPTION, AND USAGE xxi
6. PART 1 HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE DIARY
7. The Diarist and His Times 3
8. Historiography and Themes of the Diary 35
9. Conclusion: To Write or Not to Write 66
10. PART 2 TRANSLATION OF THE DIARY OF SA-MI-ʿAMR
11. MY MEMOIRS IN THIS LIFE 71
12. APPENDIX 1/ GENEALOGY OF THEʿAMR FAMILY 155
13. APPENDIX 2 / PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THE DIARY 157
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 161
15. INDEX 169