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Scribes and Writers
By: Richard Jacquemond

The Arabic edition of Scribes and Writers - The literary field in contemporary Egypt by Richard Jacquemond and translated from French into Arabic by Bashir el-Sebaie was our book of the month in July 2006. The original F...

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Girls of Riyadh
By: Rajaa Alsanea

The Arabic original of Raja al-Sanea's first novel was our book of the month in May 2006. When only twenty four years old, al-Sanae's frank and sometimes shocking insight into the closed world of Saudi women made...

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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, th...

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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:

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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 Uni...

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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

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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

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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 Complet...

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Being Abbas El Abd
By: Ahmed El-aidi

Originally in Arabic by Ahmed Alaidy and translated by Humphrey Davis. The original Arabic edition was our book of the month in October 2004. “What is madness?” asks the narrator of Ahmed Alaidy’s jitte...

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Season of Migration to the North
By: Tayeb Saleh

The English translation of this book is by Denys Johnson Davies and published by New York Review Books Classics. After years of study in Europe, the young narrator of Season of Migration to the North returns to his vi...

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