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دروز بلجراد
By: Rabee Jaber

The Arabic edition of this book was our book of the month in February 2013. After the 1860 Civil War in Mount Lebanon, a number of fighters from the religious Druze community are forced into exile, travelling by sea to t...

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Revolution Is My Name
By: Mona Prince

A writer, a university professor, a woman: this is the insightful and humorous description of one hesitant revolutionary's experiences through the eighteen days of the Egyptian uprising that led to the fall of Presid...

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candygirl
By: Mohamed Tawfik

The Cerebellum, an Egyptian scientist with a past association with the Iraqi nuclear program, tries to evade intelligence agencies that are trying to assassinate him. He rents a room on the roof of a brothel in a Cairo s...

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The Feminine Art
By: Weam Namou

This book was first published in English in 2005 by Hermiz Publishing. Set in America and the Middle East in the early 1990s, The Feminine Art is the story of Suham, a married woman who distracts herself from boredom by...

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On Photography
By: Susan Sontag

The Arabic edition of this book translated by Dr. Afaf Abdelmoaty was our book of the month in August 2010. On Photography is a 1977 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It originally appeared as a series of essays i...

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Thieves In Retirement
By: Hamdy Abogolayyel

The English edition of this book is translated by Marilyn Booth 2006 Hamdi Abu Golayyel offers a striking portrait of a marginalized Egyptian community, bringing to life the absurd and tragic characters who occupy the ma...

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في نقد الخطاب العربي الراهن
By: Samir Amin

This book in Arabic was our book of the month for June 2010. A more recent book of his in English about the Arab World: The Reawakening of the Arab World: Challenge and Change in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring

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غرفة العناية المركزة
By: Ezzedine Choukri

Ezzedine Choukry Fishere's third novel, Intensive Care Unit was published in 2008 and later became a best-seller. It was nominated for the International Prize for Arabic Booker Fiction in addition to being reprinted...

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Quarter Gram
By: Essam Youssef

رواية واقعية مؤلمة وحزينة تتحدث عن إدمان مجموعة من الشباب فى العشرين من العمر. كل من عرف مدمنا عن قرب اعتقد أنه سيتفهم تماما هذه الرواية بتفاصيلها الحقيقية إلى أبعد الحدود.. رواية تحمل من البعد الإنسانى الكثير والكثير..

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أسمهان تروي قصتها
By: Mohamed El Tabei

هذا الكتاب عن آمال الأطرش أو إيميلي الأطرش، أو «أسمهان» كما أطلق عليها الموسيقار الكبير داود حسني.. هي واحدة من أساطير الغناء العربي الحديث. استطاعت رغم حياتها القصيرة من 1912 إلى 1944 أن تتربع على عرش الأغني...

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