"…eloquently depicts and critiques the experience of a generation of Arab intellectuals. Sharabi's attention to detail and his lack of sentimentality make it an engaging account of academia and Middle Eastern politics" — A-Hewar/The Arab American Dialog
"Embers and Ashes represents more than a simple autobiography. Powerfully invoking themes of independence, freedom and modernity, it constitutes part and parcel of the Arab national and cultural struggle since the renaissance of the nineteenth century. Beautifully translated into English by Issa Boullata… with his masterful rendition Professor Boullata has done a great service to world literature and to modern Arab culture, literature and thought." — Bassam K. Frangieh, Banipal