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About My Mother: A Novel
By: Tahar Ben Jelloun

Lalla Fatma believes she is in Fez in 1944—where she grew up—not in Tangier in 2000, where the story begins. Guided by her fragmented memories, Ben Jelloun reimagines his mother's life in Fez at the en...

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Palestine as Metaphor
By: Mahmoud Darwish

First English publication of interviews with the late Mahmoud Darwish. Palestine as Metaphor consists of a series of interviews with Mahmoud Darwish, which have never appeared in English before. The interviews are a w...

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I Don't Want This Poem to End: Early and Late Poems
By: Mahmoud Darwish

First English translation of new poetry by the late Mahmoud Darwish, the most important Palestinian contemporary poet. When the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish died in 2008, his friends visited his home and retrieved po...

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Out of Place : A Memoir
By: Edward Said

Edward Said experienced both British and American imperialism as the old Arab order crumbled in the late forties and early fifties. This account of his early life reveals the influences that have formed his books, "...

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Culture and Resistance
By: Edward Said

Edward W. Said discusses the centrality of popular resistance to his understanding of culture, history, and social change. He reveals his thoughts on the war on terrorism, the war in Afghanistan, and the Israeli-Pal...

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The Arabian Nights Cookbook: From Lamb Kebabs to Baba Ghanouj, Delicious Homestyle Middle Eastern Cooking
By: Habeeb Salloum

**2011 Best Arab Cuisine book in the U.S., Gourmand World Cookbook Award** Prepare delicious and healthy meals with this award-winning Arabian cookbook For untold centuries, the Bedouin of the Arabian Peninsula, in...

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Classic Vegetarian Cooking from the Middle East and North Africa
By: Habeeb Salloum

The vegetarian cuisine of the Middle East and North Africa is a treasure chest of pungent herbs and spices, aromatic stews and soups, chewy falafels and breads, couscous, stuffed grape leaves, greens and vegetables, humm...

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Islamic Resistance to Imperialism
By: Eric Walberg

Eric Walberg’s third book on geopolitical strategy focuses on the Middle East and the global ramifications of the multiple state destruction resulting from Western aggression. It addresses these questions: What is...

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The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts
By: Karen Armstrong

Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of...

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Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War
By: Robin Yassin Kassab

In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad. Seven years later, Syria is a warzone, and there seems to be no end in sight.  Burning Country&n...

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