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Literature, Poetry, Fiction
A great selection of books in English, including fiction from the Arab &/or Muslim world.
| 91 at 19 (En) | |
| Hardcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 10821 By: Dania Alkhouli Topic: Poetry Abstract: 91 at 19 is the maiden debut of Dania Alkhouli's penetrating poetry. | |
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| A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 10677 By: David Tresilian Topic: Literary Studies Abstract: This brief introduction offers a unique overview, focusing on developments over the last fifty years. It provides a guide to the literary landscape, indicating the major landmarks in the shape of authors, ideas and debates. | |
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| A Cage Without Bars (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4540 By: Ibrahim Yared Topic: Novel Abstract: The small boy was trying to climb over the wall surrounding the labyrinth that he wanted to leave, when he heard the elderly people back home shouting and telling him to go back to bed... By: Ibrahim Yared | |
$8.00 | See More or Order > |
| A Designated Man (En) | |
| Hardcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 10726 By: Moris Farhi Topic: Novel Abstract: By the acclaimed Turkish writer Moris Farhi. 'A compelling story of love, jealousy and the desire for power.' - Elaine Feinstein | |
$21.50 | See More or Order > |
| Adventures of Sayf Ben Dhi Yazan (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 6452 Topic: Novel Abstract: An Arab Folk Epic | |
$24.95 | See More or Order > |
| Akbar Ahmed: Two Plays | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 11731 By: Akbar Ahmed Topic: Literature Abstract: "Noor" is the tale of three brothers attempting to rescue their sister Noor, who has been kidnapped during Ramadan. Each brother represents a different ideological position in the contemporary Islamic world; the play could be set in Baghdad but also in Cairo, Karachi or Kabul. "The Trial of Dara Shikoh" tells the story of the eldest son of 17th century Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Heir apparent, Dara Shikoh is a learned scholar with a strong belief in the unity of different faiths: Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity and Judaism. | |
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| Another Gulmohar Tree (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 10800 By: Aamer Hussein Topic: Novel Abstract: A novel by the Pakistani author Aamer Hussein - A beautiful account of a marriage that is in turns wry and unashamedly romantic. "subtle, evocative, skilled" - Joseph Olshan. | |
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| Blue Fox, The (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 7511 By: Sjon Topic: Novel Abstract: Winner of the Nordic Literary Prize and nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize…a spellbinding fable that is part mystery, part fairy tale. By: Sjon | |
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| Borrowed Time (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 10801 By: Hassan Daoud, Translated by Michael K. Scott Topic: Novel, Lebanese (translated from the Arabic) Abstract: Translated from the Arabic, a novel by Lebanese author Hassan Daoud. "Daoud's writing is elegant, laconic and often very funny."-The Times (London) | |
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| City of Love and Ashes (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 5843 By: Yusef Idris Topic: Novel Abstract: Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature By: Yusef Idris | |
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| Dairy of a Country Prosecutor (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 8188 By: Tawfik al Hakim Topic: Novel Abstract: 'touching and yet savagely funny.' The Bookseller 'a satirical tale of country life under a repressive and far-away Cairo legal system.' (Literary Review) Translated from Arabic. By: Tawfik al Hakim | |
$11.95 | See More or Order > |
| Double Vision (En) | |
| Hardcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4543 By: Pauline Neville Topic: Novel Abstract: In Double Vision Neville skillfully transports us into her heroine's colorful and enchanting fantasy world and introduces us to an ancient and proud civilization. By: Pauline Neville | |
$15.00 | See More or Order > |
| Down Sterling Road (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 6914 By: Adrian Michael Kelly Topic: Novel Abstract: A gripping, often funny tale of a boy coming to terms with his bewildering loss. By: Adrian Michael Kelly | |
$15.00 | See More or Order > |
| Dreaming of Palestine (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 5827 By: Randa Ghazy Topic: Novel Abstract: A work of astonishing insight that takes us into the hearts and lives of a group of young people caught up in the Palestinian drive for independence By: Randa Ghazy | |
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| Eating Air | |
| Hardcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 11729 By: Pauline Melville Topic: Literature-Novel Abstract: Ella de Vries, a stunning obsedian-eyed beauty who dance with the Royal Ballet, falls in love with Donny McLeod, a Dionysiac rebel and free spirit who "believes in nothing". It is the 1970s. They move into a household of political radicals and become casually drawn into extremism. | |
$25.00 | See More or Order > |
| Flight Against Time (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 10713 By: Emily Nasrallah, Translated by: Issa J. Boullata Topic: Novel Abstract: 'Al Iklaa Aks Az Zaman', here translated to the English, award winning Lebanese author Emily Nasrallah skillfully weaves truth and imagination to create a story rich in human emotion and psychological insight. | |
$9.50 | See More or Order > |
| From Here I Can See The End (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4554 By: Ibrahim Yared Topic: Novel Abstract: A short book by Ibrahim Yared. By: Ibrahim Yared | |
$12.00 | See More or Order > |
| Gael (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 5832 By: Judith Mok Topic: Novel Abstract: Gael is a superbly crafter account of a fatal and fatalistic voyage into the dark, obsessive heart...' - Dermot Bolger. By: Judith Mok | |
$14.95 | See More or Order > |
| In Their Father's Country (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 10975 By: Anne-Marie Drosso Topic: Novel Abstract: In the English, a novel by Anne-Marie Drosso. A deft and delicate story of two sisters growning up in Cairo. | |
$13.95 | See More or Order > |
| Jamilia (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 6852 By: Chingiz Aitmatov Topic: Novel Abstract: The most beautiful love story in the world'-Louis Aragon. By: Chingiz Aitmatov | |
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| Journey Through The Wilderness (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4546 By: Moris Farhi Topic: Novel Abstract: A modern-day Nostromo taking us through a season in the Hell of South America. By: Moris Farhi | |
$20.00 | See More or Order > |
| Lebanon, Lebanon (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 6634 By: Anna Wilson, Editor Topic: Essays & Interviews Abstract: A collection of writings and drawings from some of the world's leading authors and artists for the children in Lebanon. | |
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| Light Years (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4548 By: Maggie Gee Topic: Novel Abstract: Light Years is about zoos and the zodiac; the seasons and the stars; and how humans see the natural world. By: Maggie Gee | |
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| Love In Exile | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 11698 By: Bahaa Taher Topic: Literature-Novel Abstract: In Love In Exile Bahaa Taher presents multilayered variations on the themes of exile, disillusionment, failed dreams, and the redemptive power of love. Unwilling to recant his Nasseris beliefs, the unnamed narrator is an Egyptian journalist in a self-imposed exile in Europe after conflict with the mangement of his newspaper and a divorce from his wife. Absorbed in introspection over his impotent position at the paper and ill health, he suddenly finds himself faced with two issues he cannot ignore: the escalating tensions in Israeli-occupied Lebanon and, more personnally, an unecpected love afair with a much younger Austrian woman, Brigitte. | |
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| Love In The Kingdom Of Oil (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4569 By: Nawal Al Saadawi Topic: Novel Abstract: This novel confronts major issues and questions concerning a woman's role and position in a repressive, patriarchal order. By: Nawal Al Saadawi | |
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| Love, Death, and Exile: Poems Translated from Arabic (Ar-En) | |
| Softcover ~ Arabic-English ~ Product Code: 10746 By: Abdul Wahab AlBayati, Translated by Bassam K. Frangieh Topic: Poetry, Contemporary, Bi-lingual edition Abstract: Baghdad born poet Abdul Wahab al- Bayati broke with over fifteen centuries of Arabic poetic tradition to write in free verse and became world famous in the process. A rare, bilingual facing-page edition in the original Arabic and excellent English translation. | |
Price: $24.95 Sale Price: $22.00 | See More or Order > |
| Mai Ghoussoub Selected Writings (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 7457 By: Mai Ghoussoub, Edited by Rebecca O'Connor Topic: Writings Abstract: Writings of the Lebanese writer and artist Mai Ghoussoub (1952-2007), here in the English language. | |
$17.95 | See More or Order > |
| Memoirs of a Midget (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 10738 By: Walter John de la Mare Topic: Novel Abstract: By Walter John de la Mare ( 1873 - 1956), the English poet, short story writer and novelist. This classic 1921 novel, Memoirs of a Midget, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. | |
$16.95 | See More or Order > |
| Memoirs of a Woman Doctor (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 8189 By: Nawal El Saadawi Topic: Novel Abstract: Rebelling against the constraints of family and society, a young Egyptian woman decides to study medicine, becoming the only woman in a class of men. (Translated from Arabic, 1st published in serialized form in 1957) By: Nawal El Saadawi | |
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| Memory In The Flesh (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 5851 By: Ahlam Mosteghanemi Topic: Novel Abstract: Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature By: Ahlam Mosteghanemi | |
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| Menstruation (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4542 By: Ammar Abdulhamid Topic: Novel Abstract: This novel explores contemporary themes related to sexuality, self-realization and repression within a religious framework. By: Ammar Abdulhamid | |
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| Modern Arabic Short Stories (Dual Arabic and English) Out of Stock | |
| Softcover ~ Arabic-English ~ Product Code: 10702 By: Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman Topic: Short Stories - A Bilingual Reader Abstract: Designed as a reader for intermediate students of Arabic and those who may wish to broaden their appreciation of leading Middle Eastern writers, this collection features stories in both Arabic and English translation. Prefaced by an author biography plus notes on context and background, each story is followed by a glossary and discussion of problematic language points. | |
$21.95 | See More or Order > |
| Moon Opera, The (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 7512 By: Bi Feiyu, Translated By: Howard Goldblatt. Topic: Novel Abstract: Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Peking Opera, this devastating portrait shows the extent to which a desperate woman will embrace an exalted image of herself in an effort to flee earthly concerns. Translated from the Chinese. By: Bi Feiyu, Translated By: Howard Goldblatt. | |
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| No Word From Gurb (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 6922 By: Eduardo Mendoza Topic: Novel Abstract: No Word From Gurb is a riotous satire highlighting the contradictions of Western society in a lively, intelligent and sweetly ironic way. By: Eduardo Mendoza | |
$10.50 | See More or Order > |
| Of Love and Terror (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4556 By: Judith Kazantzis Topic: Novel Abstract: Raw emotion explodes on every page. A book by Judith Kazantzis. | |
$18.00 | See More or Order > |
| Role of the Poetess at the Abbasid Court (132-247/750-861) (En & Ar) | |
| Softcover ~ English and Arabic ~ Product Code: 5781 By: Dr. Abdul-Kareem al Heitty Topic: Poetry Abstract: A critical study of the contribution to literature of free women and slave-girls under the early Abbasid Caliphate. Their Biographies and surviving works. In the Arabic and in the English languages. By: Dr. Abdul-Kareem al Heitty | |
$14.00 | See More or Order > |
| Seven (En) | |
| Hardcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4539 By: Ghazi Al Ghosaibi Topic: Novel Abstract: Seven is a daring novel in both form and content. Here in the English language. By: Ghazi Al Ghosaibi | |
$22.50 | See More or Order > |
| Softcore (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 7921 By: Tirdad Zolghadr Topic: Novel Abstract: The most surprising novel I've read in years. Entertainingly packaged as a bizarre thriller, it comes from the most unexpected corner of the world. A great way to learn something about Tehran today'. - Andrei Kurkov By: Tirdad Zolghadr | |
$13.00 | See More or Order > |
| Streetwise (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4545 By: Mohamed Choukri Topic: Novel Abstract: ...throughout Choukri's trails and vicissitudes, two things shine through: Choukri's determination to use literacy to rise above the cruel hand fate has dealt him; and his compassion for the normally despised human beings who share this life of 'the lowest of the low'... | |
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| Sufism & Surrealism (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 5872 By: Adonis Topic: Sufism Abstract: In this remarkable book, Adonis, one of the Arab world's greatest living poets, set forth the peculiar convergence of ideas running through Sufism and Surrealism. | |
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| Taxi (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 10744 By: Khaled al Khamissi, Translated by Jonathan Wright Topic: Novel - social commentary Abstract: Translated from the Arabic, Khaled al Khamissi has written a novel bringing together fictional dialogues with Cairo's cabbies - "Taxi's brilliance is that it captures the point at which cabs cease to be just a means of transportation and instead become a space for debate and exchange" - Foreign Policy | |
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| The Belt (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4541 By: Ahmed Abodehman Topic: Novel Abstract: This is an honest and enchanting coming-of-age story, and a dialogue between old and new. This book also challenges conventional perceptions of the region. By: Ahmed Abodehman | |
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| The Boone System (English) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4520 By: Percy Kemp Topic: Novel Abstract: An infamous Islamic militant defects and becomes British Intelligence's single most important source of information about global terrorism. By: Percy Kemp. | |
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| The Dark Side Of Love | |
| Hardcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 11803 By: Rafik Schami Topic: Literature-Novel Abstract: Damascus, 1969: above St Paul's Chapel, a body hangs in a basket over the city wall. The corpse is that of a hihg-ranking Muslim officer, and soon the Secret Service takes over the case. But Detective Barudi is not content to let this mystery disappear. Alone, he begins to unravel a clan war that has dominated the lives of three generations. At its heart lies the story of Rana Shahin and Farid Mushtak, two lovers whose struggle to be united must overcome old tribal structures, and their country's history and politcs. "The Dark Side Of Love" is a mosaic of stories; each piece has an individual shape and color, and together they make up a dazzling whole, as the tales of three generations of lovers are set against a century of Syria's turbulent history, in a panoramic view of its religious and political conflicts. | |
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| The Dramatic Literature of Nawal El Saadawi | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 11730 By: Nawal El Saadawi Topic: Literature-Novel Abstract: Two of Nawal Saadawi's stories translated to English; "God Resigns At The Summit Meeting" and "Isis", both of these stories incorporate key themes to El Saadawi's work: that all societies are inimical to women and the poor, that the oppression of women is reprehensible ane not uniquely of the Middle East or the "third world". | |
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| The Erotic Potential of My Wife | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 11699 By: David Foenkinos Topic: Literature-Novel-Humor Abstract: Having collected, among other things, cocktail sticks, electoral campaing badges, paintings of moored ships, rabits' feet, noises at five in the mroning, the labels on melons, birds' eggs and hangmen's nooses, Hector falls in love. Blissfully married, he turns his back on his old habits, only to become obsessed with watching his wife Brigitte washing windows. And so begins his new infatuation, collecting (and recollecting) beautiful moments spent observing his wife's every move. | |
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| The Fall of the Imam (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 8191 By: Nawal El Saadawi Topic: Novel Abstract: 'Egypt's foremost feminist writer confronts the role of women in Muslim society.' Publishers Weekly ' Translated from the Arabic. By: Nawal El Saadawi | |
$13.95 | See More or Order > |
| The Flood (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4555 By: Maggie Gee Topic: Novel Abstract: One of Maggie Gee's best books yet. | |
$18.00 | See More or Order > |
| The Legend of Sander Grant (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 10976 By: Marc Phillips Topic: Novel Abstract: In the English, a novel by Marc Phillips. A magical tale that sparkles with humanity and humour. | |
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| The Little Girl and the Cigarette (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 6822 By: Benoît Duteurtre Topic: Novel Abstract: Young French author, Benoît Duteurtre, creates a world disconcertingly close to our own, yet wildly askew in this daring and antic comedy. | |
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| The Man Who Was Loved | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 6411 By: Kay MacCauley Topic: Novel Abstract: Teeming with fantastical characters and extravagant scenes from sixteenth-century Venice, The Man Who Was Loved is a deeply affecting tale of love, avarice and intrigue. By: Kay MacCauley | |
$17.75 | See More or Order > |
| The Open Door | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 11696 By: Latifa Al Zayyat Topic: Literature-Novel Abstract: The Open Door is a landmark of women's writing in Arabic; published in 1960 it was very bold for its time in exploring a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age, in the context of the Egyptian nationalist movement preceding the 1952 revolution. | |
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| The White Family (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4547 By: Maggie Gee Topic: Novel Abstract: This ambitious, groundbreaking novel takes on the taboo subject of racial hatred as it looks for the roots of violence within the family and British society. By: Maggie Gee | |
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| The Yacoubian Building (En) | |
| Hardcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 5871 By: Alaa Al Aswany Topic: Novel Abstract: Alaa Al Aswany’s novel caused an unprecedented stir when it was first published in 2002 and has remained the world’s best selling novel in the Arabic language since. | |
$22.00 | See More or Order > |
| The Year of the Revolutionary New Bread-making Machine (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 7446 By: Hassan Daoud, Translated By: Randa Jarrar Topic: Novel Abstract: Lebanese author Hassan Daoud's novel, translated to the English. A poignant, wry portrait of a 1960s Beirut as it burgeons into the future. | |
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| Turquoise (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4544 By: Aamer Hussein Topic: Novel Abstract: Turquoise illuminates the passions and fears of a world more complex and more beautiful than the media images of Islam and Pakistan convey. By: Aamer Hussein | |
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| Two Women in One (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 8190 By: Nawal El Saadawi Topic: Novel Abstract: Two Women in One is the story of countless women in the Third World, and speaks of their quest for emancipation and dignity. Translated from the Arabic. By: Nawal El Saadawi | |
$11.95 | See More or Order > |
| Water (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 5829 By: Jasper Joffe Topic: Novel Abstract: Surprisingly readable - the frivolity of a youthful modern-times columnist… By: Jasper Joffe | |
$14.95 | See More or Order > |
| When I Was Young and in My Prime (En) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 7449 By: Alayna Munce Topic: Novel Abstract: This sharply observed, funny, shape-shifting book weaves together voices, lists, and diary entries in a story of one family, in all its ordinary complexity. By: Alayna Munce | |
$14.95 | See More or Order > |
| Young Turk (English) | |
| Softcover ~ English ~ Product Code: 4557 By: Moris Farhi Topic: Novel Abstract: Morris Farhi shames the willed littleness of British fiction with this novel. | |
$16.00 | See More or Order > |
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