Readers Club Selections: 2006
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 waves since its publication in Beirut. `Offers a rare glimp...
بنات الرياض
By: Rajaa Alsanea
الرواية الأولى للسعودية رجاء الصانع، 24 عاما والتي كشفت فيها العوالم السرية لبنات الرياض فأثارت ضجة اعلامية كبيرة
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 French version: Entre scribes et écrivains. Le champ l...
زينة الحياة
By: Ahdaf Soueif
This story collection in Arabic was our book of the month in August 2006. Her novel the Map of Love in English has been also featured at the time
رحلة في فكر زكي نجيب محمود
By: Zaki Naguib Mahmoud
رحلة في فكر زكي نجيب محمود مع نص رسالته عن الجبر الذاتى ترجمة وتقديم إمام عبد الفتاح إمام مسيرة حياة المفكر الفيلسوف ومراحل تطوره وتأرجحاته بين العقل والدين ثم محاولته المزج بين العقل والدين والبحث عن قواسم مشتركة بين البرجماتى والروحانى فى الفلسفات الإنسانية. وإلى جانب مجموع...
This Blinding Absence of Light
By: Tahar Ben Jelloun
The original arabic version was published by Dar Saqi in 2004 The English translation is by Linda Coverdale. An immediate and critically acclaimed bestseller in France, This Blinding Absence of Light is the latest work by internationally renowned author Tahar Ben Jelloun, t...
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