Readers Club Selections: 2005
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Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day
By: Sherif Alsaify
The Arabic edition of this book translated by Sherif al-Saify was our book of the month in January 2005 For a newer English version we recommend: The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day: The Complete Papyrus of Ani Featuring Integrated Text and Full-Color Im...
حكايات من فضل الله عثمان
By: Ibrahim Aslan
Tales from Fadlala Osman in Arabic was our book of the month in February 2005. For readers in English we suggest his books: Nile Sparrows by Ibrahim Aslan, Mona El-Ghobashy The Heron by Ibrahim Aslan , Elliot Colla
فوق كف امرأة
By: Fatma Naoot
لكنَّ البنتَ الطوباويةَ / بعد أن عقرتْ عقاقيرُ الاكتئابِ ذاكرتَها / قدمّت أطروحةً أخرى :/ لن أكونَ رقمًا / لأنني أكرهُ الإحصاءْ / ولا عنزةً / لأنني لا أؤمنُ بالنشوءِ والتطوّر/ و لا صفحةً في كتاب/ لأنني أسخرُ من فكرة التناسخْ ./ الأنسبُ:/ أكونُ لِصًّا/ لعشرِ سنينَ قادمةْ/ وفي تمام...
Memory in the Flesh
By: Ahlam Mosteghanemi
The Arabic edition of this book was our book club selection for July 2005. There is also an English edition translated by Baria Ahmar Sreih
الذي يأتي ولا يأتي
By: Abdulwahab Albayati
This book in Arabic by Abdul Wahab Al Bayati was our book of the month in September 2005. In English, we selected his book of poetry Love, Death, and Exile Translated by Bassam K. Frangieh and published by Georgetown University Press.
الرواية
By: Nawal Elsaadawi
This Novel in Arabic was our book of the month in Ocotber 2005. In English, we selected he novel Woman At Point Zero translated by Sherif Hetata and published by Zed Books:
Palestine Palestinians and International Law
By: Francis Boyle
A leading US expert applies the norms and standards of international law to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, addressing Palestinian statehood, the negotiation and failure of the Oslo Accords, the status of Jerusalem, the Al Aqsa Intifada, the right of return, human rights violat...
قطعة ليل
By: Ahmad Alkhamisi
يقول الناقد الكبير علاء الديب عن “قطعة ليل”، منذ زمن لم أعثر علي مجموعة قصص بهذه الأهمية والجمال والأثارة 12 قصة قصيرة هي فيما أعتقد حصيلة عمل جاد طويل وادراك ناضج لمفهوم الكتابة ووظيفتها. تضعني المجموعة في حيرة، فعلي الرغم من الوحدة الأصيلة في التناول والأسلوب الكتاب...
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