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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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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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Online discussion of The Vegetarian by Han Kang Nobel Prize winner 2024
Online discussion of The Vegetarian by Han Kang Nobel Prize winner 2024
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Edward Said – Culture and Imperialism
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