Djûke Poppinga

13 books

Beirut Blues by Catherine Cobham, Hanan Al-Shaykh, حنان الشيخ

Beirut Blues

Catherine Cobham, Hanan Al-Shaykh, حنان الشيخ

384 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq by Hassan Blasim

The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq

Hassan Blasim

196 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism short stories dark slow-paced
The Gate of the Courtyard by Dr Sahar a. Khalifeh

The Gate of the Courtyard

Dr Sahar a. Khalifeh

166 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging informative reflective medium-paced
I Want to Get Married!: One Wannabe Bride's Misadventures with Handsome Houdinis, Technicolor Grooms, Morality Police, and Other Mr. Not-Quite-Rights by Ghada Abdel Aal, Nora Eltahawy

I Want to Get Married!: One Wannabe Bride's Misadventures with Handsome Houdinis, Technicolor Grooms, Morality Police, and Other Mr. Not-Quite-Rights

Ghada Abdel Aal, Nora Eltahawy

160 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction short stories challenging emotional funny medium-paced
Only in London by Catherine Cobham, Hanan Al-Shaykh, حنان الشيخ

Only in London

Catherine Cobham, Hanan Al-Shaykh, حنان الشيخ

288 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging funny reflective slow-paced
Secret Life Of Saeed by Emile Habiby

Secret Life Of Saeed

Emile Habiby

192 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Voices of the Lost by Hoda Barakat

Voices of the Lost

Hoda Barakat

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark sad slow-paced
Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz

Children of the Alley

Naguib Mahfouz

464 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics reflective medium-paced
The Day the Leader Was Killed by Naguib Mahfouz

The Day the Leader Was Killed

Naguib Mahfouz

112 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz

Midaq Alley

Naguib Mahfouz

304 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics literary reflective fast-paced