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The Koran: Arabic text with the English translation: in chronological order according to the Azhar with reference to variations, abrogations and Jewish and Christian writings
By: Sami Aldeeb

With chapters in chronological order, this new translation of the Koran allows finally to easily understand the sequence of the "revelations" which gave birth to Islam. The book is further enriched by informati...

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The Eye of the Mirror: A Modern Arabic Novel from Palestine
By: Liana Badr

Taken from the quiet sanctuary of a convent school, where she works as a maid, Aisha is thrown back into the chaotic world of her parents' home in the Tal Ezza'tar refugee camp when the Lebanese civil war begins....

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In Jerusalem and Other Poems: Written Between 1997-2017
By: Tamim Barghouti

Born in 1977, Tamim Al-Barghouti is probably one of the most widely read Palestinian poets of his generation. His poetry readings are attended by thousands, sometimes packing stadiums and amphitheaters. The reception of...

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Life in a Country Album: Poems
By: Nathalie Handal

From migrations to pop culture, loss to la dérive, Life in a Country Album is a soundtrack of the global cultural landscape—borders and citizenship, hybrid identities and home, freedom and ple...

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In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story
By: Ghada Karmi

Ghada Karmi’s acclaimed memoir relates her childhood in Palestine, flight to Britain after the catastrophe, and coming of age in Golders Green, the north London Jewish suburb. A powerful biographical story, In Sear...

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Wild Thorns
By: Sahar Khalifeh

Wild Thorns is a chronicle of life in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It is the first Arab novel to give a true picture of social and personal relations under occupation.

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Passage to the Plaza
By: Sahar Khalifeh

In Bab Al-Saha, a quarter of Nablus, Palestine, sits a house of ill repute. In it lives Nuzha, a young woman ostracized from and shamed by her community. When the Intifada breaks out, Nuzha’s abode unexpectedly bec...

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A Hospital in Homs
By: Khalid Shibib

The novel tells the story of a young Syrian doctor whom the Ministry of Health sent from the capital Damascus to the city of Homs as part of his -post graduate education in late 2010. He witnessed how the city and the co...

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Ebola '76
By: Amir Tagelsir

A darkly satirical portrayal of the outbreak of Ebola in 1970s Congo and Sudan. Humorous and tragic in turns, the narrative weaves its way from the graveyards of Kinshasa to the factories, brothels and ex-pat communities...

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Sufism and Surrealism
By: Adonis

At first glance, Sufism and Surrealism appear to be as far removed from one another as is possible. Adonis, however, draws convincing parallels between the two, contesting that God, in the traditional sense, does not exi...

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