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20 books

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

Beirut Blues

حنان الشيخ, Hanan Al-Shaykh, Catherine Cobham

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
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
The Literature of Al-Andalus by María Rosa Menocal

The Literature of Al-Andalus

Cambridge History of Arabic Literature

María Rosa Menocal

520 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history reference challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories

Ghassan Kanafani

117 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories dark emotional sad fast-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

112 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
No Knives in the Kitchens of This City by Khaled Khalifa, Leri Price

No Knives in the Kitchens of This City

Khaled Khalifa, Leri Price

240 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Only in London by حنان الشيخ, Hanan Al-Shaykh, Catherine Cobham

Only in London

حنان الشيخ, Hanan Al-Shaykh, Catherine Cobham

288 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging funny reflective slow-paced
The Quarter by Naguib Mahfouz

The Quarter

Naguib Mahfouz

128 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction short stories young adult challenging reflective slow-paced
The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist by Emile Habiby

The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist

Emile Habiby

169 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced