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Madness on the loose
In the heart of a country engulfed in war and violence, a small group wages its own private war. The setting: a psychiatric hospital. The time: a lull between two battles. The protagonists: a film crew, a group of corrupt individuals, a criminal on...- Dhs. 47.00
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Barrier for Leken
In war, identities are lost. You may acquire a new identity by decision, or an identity may be imposed on you because of a mere mistake. She may be a veiled woman burdened by the authority of a patriarchal husband, strict religious control, and...- Dhs. 60.00
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free fall
Some have owned their lives since birth. A stable, resilient life, in homes where tranquility dwells. And some inhabit houses of paper, fragile, unstable, uprooted by a breeze. Yasmina was stripped bare by the tattered remnants of her story when the storm came. She...- Dhs. 37.00
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Snail isolation
Reham informed me, after arriving in the town, in a garbled phone call, that she had found the remains of the marble headstone bearing her father's name, but that she had not yet located the official burial site. She said she would not return...- Dhs. 50.00
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Tachycardia
I recall, with a sense of bewilderment, what Abdel-Azim Shodak, the lame, nearly deaf mechanic, did. He was once found inside the ward, his skin reeking of grease and old oils. He wore thin-lensed reading glasses, followed everywhere, and a heavy medical bandage around...- Dhs. 55.00
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King's companion
I was born into a Shakespearean family, with a father who served the king for forty years and a brother banished to one of his prisons. Imagine a terrifying, oppressive palace where the most loyal are punished, and where jealousy reigns supreme. His Highness...- Dhs. 47.00
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Oxford Novel
In this new novel, a satirical tale set against the backdrop of a love story, a visiting Spanish lecturer delves deeply into the prestigious university and its community. A sense of alienation separates him from his new surroundings. A sense of unease prevents him...- Dhs. 60.00
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Customs
My mother, lying on her bed, told me that she had been a stray cat forty years ago. She looked at me, and I sat with her. She added that she was perfectly suited to this day; and she remained on the ice she...- Dhs. 41.00
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Attila the Last of the Lovers
While I was still pondering this oft-repeated saying, "No soul knows in what land it will die," I was lost in the mystery of the plot of land where Abu Saad was buried. Where was it? Would it bear a towering headstone, as is...- Dhs. 74.00
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Family Shadows
What does it mean to live in Jerusalem today, carrying the legacy of a tribe that abandoned the wilderness, as described in the previous two parts of Mahmoud Shuqair's trilogy: "The Family's Mare" and "In Praise of the Women of the Family"? The descendants...- Dhs. 50.00
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The vagabonds of Hierapolis
I know, Maria, that there's a child inside you, and that children fear bullets and cherish their mothers' breasts. But I know you have no hope but a few thousand unarmed souls to face all this sorrow. You love roses, but my garden no...- Dhs. 50.00
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Sarmada
Every village has a story. And the story of Sarmada is the hero of all stories: revenge, honor killings, weddings that end in mourning, a woman leading boys through the labyrinths of virginity, preparing elixirs to break the virginity of sorrow and pain. Mothers...- Dhs. 49.00
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A woman who is unnecessary
Not much happens in Rabih Alameddine's new novel. There's no engaging plot, no whirlpools of characters getting lost, no story that captivates the reader. Literature itself is what unfolds in this novel. Literature imbued with a whole life, a ghost haunting a woman who...- Dhs. 78.00
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Tala's story
Life and death. Victory and defeat. Hope and despair. In "Tala's Story," Henry, a renowned New York writer, tries to cope with his mother's sudden departure and the failure of his latest novel. His mother, whose life was filled with successes, is dead and...- Dhs. 74.00
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Auch - Confused Memoirs
Having grown up in a well-known camp in Lebanon, Shaker Khazal set one mission as a red flag: to get out of the prison of displacement and take his rightful place in the world. This detailed account of his life takes you on a...- Dhs. 74.00
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Women's villa
Iskandar Hayek lived a comfortable and happy life. He was a prominent fabric merchant, the absolute master of his factory, his land, and his family, despite the clouds gathering over Lebanon in the mid-1960s, and the constant bickering between his fierce sister, Mado, his...- Dhs. 60.00
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Turonian
How can a lover escape love, or a warrior escape war? He died without love, but without enemies, so neither war was his defense, nor love his injustice. As for her, that captivating woman who carries weapons in one hand and her heart in...- Dhs. 50.00
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sequins
In October 1898, German Emperor Wilhelm II embarked on a journey to the East. In Istanbul, he met with Sultan Abdul Hamid II and planned the construction of the Berlin-Baghdad Railway, aiming to immediately rival trade and the overland route to India. To keep...- Dhs. 50.00
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A painful part of the story
She smiled, her face a pristine white, a smile that was beautiful in its effect, an eraser for all the world's nightmares, not just mine. Had I not been a cartoon thief testing emotions, and the artist experiencing profound isolation, vigilance, and a disregard...- Dhs. 60.00
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Land of happy conspiracies
Is it right to categorize people as purely good or purely evil? Is goodness an absolute value? Is poetry a flaw that begins with an irreversible slip? Should we sympathize with someone drowning, driven by a deep-seated desire to escape this trap, or should...- Dhs. 50.00
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Winter holidays
There is one positive aspect to leaving. Shedding one's skin can be worthwhile, despite the scars that fester in the soul. On the occasion of leaving, we become a charity event. We wear the skin of who we dreamed of being, or who hosts...- Dhs. 41.00
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Lost battles
Lost Battles — Fathers have one color, sons many. Fathers have their bicycles and their slow days, sons have the rest of the colors and the future that races ahead of them. From the walls of the family to the walls of the city,...- Dhs. 47.00
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Sultana of Cairo
A child with emerald eyes, kidnapped from the Caucasian steppes, was sold into slavery to live as a concubine in the harem of the Emir of Baghdad. She radiated passion and allure. A woman who led the Egyptian army amidst the chaos, displaying her...- Dhs. 68.00
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Festival Hotel
Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a city nestled on the shoulder of a shore, a city that embraced the dreams of its inhabitants. In cosmopolitan Nari, Christians, Muslims, and Jews lived in peace, drinking from the same spring, and...- Dhs. 74.00
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Flowers of ruin
I sat on the terrace of a café, not overlooking the Charletti amphitheater, pondering the possibility of Philippe De Pacheco, whose face I never saw. I was jotting down notes, and without realizing it, I was fully aware of what I was doing: I...- Dhs. 47.00
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Death has polluted eyes
September is returning, and you are not here to welcome it. Longing, Sawsan... I never knew longing was a fatal disease. All my wounds can be stitched with the sutures of forgetfulness, except for your loss. This wound will only widen with each remembrance...- Dhs. 60.00
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Khalil
To be a suicide bomber for the sake of luck. To put yourself in his place and time. To attempt to craft words from the very core of his thoughts and poetry. To neither do him justice, nor justify him, nor sympathize with him....- Dhs. 74.00
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Havana has no god
Castro's regime is crumbling, and Teren Fuego still sings his Havana anthems. His voice has always ignited the golden masses and fueled the flame of hope in their hearts. But everything around him has changed. The time has come for the master of rumba...- Dhs. 63.00
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More shades
I am faceless, afraid to smile. This place is a confession of my awareness, and the walls around me hold no meaning other than the limits of my movement. I spin around myself, delving into my depths, summoning the furthest reaches of my past,...- Dhs. 47.00
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Screen thief
Thaer takes advantage of the crowd's distraction and sneaks into a shop. He finds nothing there to steal except an old television. But that's not the worst of it, as the men arrest him, even though they're looking for protesters, not thieves. For some...- Dhs. 37.00
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Two women
Veronica: Born 1546, Venice. Courtesan and courtesan of kings in the Italian Imperial era of the sixteenth century. Kara: Born in 1980, Beirut. A university professor specializing in religious sciences, conservative, with a complex about holiness, and a special fondness for metaphysics. Do not...- Dhs. 58.00
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loss
He began to think about his days, which had followed one another endlessly, monotonously, and boringly. A mix of things: listening to music, watching a Toyota TV, but these things couldn't replace a living human being. Someone to talk to, agree with, or disagree...- Dhs. 47.00
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phonograph
Writing sought answers. A bouquet of questions hinting at the beautiful ambiguities that permeate everything within you. Writing is an act of purification, or an act of revenge for memory. The important thing was that it was a cry. The protagonist of "Phonograph" continues...- Dhs. 50.00
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veiled woman
I am waiting. My life is arranged for everyone, like a house no one lives in. I wait for night to sleep and for morning to go to prison. I wait for nine o'clock to start at my office, and when I return, I...- Dhs. 50.00
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Salem Street
Salem Street is a homeland. Stolen and reclaimed, a style owned by those who struggled for it. In truth, it is not yet a homeland. It is a dream, like all our homelands. It has forgotten heroes and unknown soldiers. It has rebels and...- Dhs. 60.00
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Warning
The truly unfortunate are those who chase after illusions. They are the ones who always lose their way in their pursuit. And that's what it means at the end of the tunnel: a mirage of illusion, not a glimmer of hope as they believe....- Dhs. 50.00
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panda
Fifteen years ago, his father died. He killed himself with a gun he had once bought for self-defense, not to kill himself. The bullet pierced his heart, taking him from a life that had astonished him with all its wonder, and which had astonished...- Dhs. 41.00
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Kingdom of the Concubines
In the late 5th century AH, amidst the raging sectarian conflicts between the emirates of southern Arabia, and within a harsh patriarchal environment, a woman ruled the region of Jibla for over 50 years without a male guardian, relying on the pillars of the...- Dhs. 50.00
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The Regret Test
In wars, the days become indistinguishable. There will be a flaw in its bullet. Every day becomes a Dubai lived in extra time. You forget that in reality, to meet the needs of others, you bury your loneliness in the café, in fleeting stories,...- Dhs. 50.00
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A house floating on the river
A girl with hair as black as the river, slipping with long waters, disturbs Layla's dreams, at the same time as her husband Benjamin left their marital home in Tehran. Layla had fled Beirut in search of love, far from the curse that has...- Dhs. 50.00
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The Abyss
The Lebanese Civil War is over on the ground, but it still rages on in young Suhail's mind. There, events, scenes, and time blur together, and wonderful things exist in stark contrast: the complex interplay of love and hate towards his older brother; his...- Dhs. 41.00
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Organized death
We finally reunited after six years of bloody suffering, loss, displacement, humiliation, begging, deprivation, homelessness, and death. Port Said became our home. I married five years later and had four children. Suddenly, I found myself very much alive. In the blink of an eye,...- Dhs. 47.00
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Juliana
Juliana is not a woman for everyone, nor simply a saint. She is a city. She is conscience. She is the silent force that speaks when it must, carefully choosing whom to address. It is enough to touch her grave, to caress her spirit,...- Dhs. 50.00
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The White Tent
I will crush the candy pieces endlessly I will grind it into colored flour on the earth So that the cigarettes mix with rainwater He was once in Sukariyya I will mix them like clay to make "White" is an accurate term. This is...- Dhs. 50.00
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Paradise is more beautiful than a distant view.
We apologize in advance to the readers of this collection for not beginning to read this novel. We apologize that this wretched novel is not for general audiences. The writer here is capricious. She decided not to finish and didn't leave her character in...- Dhs. 50.00
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The sky escapes every day
Everyone is running. Men and women, lovers, the happy, the miserable, the hesitant—they are all running. They quicken their pace, never looking back. I am a worn wooden pew in a Chicago church, so isolated, that I have been numbed by the weight of...- Dhs. 50.00
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Margaret Albay's face
The face of absence is ugly. Margaret is gone, leaving only a photograph. Illness took her one morning, and she never returned. Faced with the tragedy of departure, all that remains is a wall against which to bang your head until it bleeds. You...- Dhs. 50.00
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deaf moles
This novel is about the moles who live among us, each in their own burrow of affliction. The girl wronged by her family, deceived by her lover, and rejected by her society. Her daughter, the fruit of that cursed love. The young man who...- Dhs. 50.00
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door threshold
Pain has its threshold. Madness has its threshold. Love and homelands have their thresholds. And happiness is playful. Don't Egyptians believe in "changing the threshold" to rid themselves of bad luck and misery? The threshold... vast is that which separates two worlds, and the...- Dhs. 32.00
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Zainab Well
Happy Yemen is no longer happy. But the stagnant waters have stirred, even if they have become whirlpools. Films have awakened after a long slumber, regaining their fervent spirit, and others have been released, pulsating with a joy that once again stirs me in...- Dhs. 50.00
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I'll tell you a story - Fares Ashour
I'm telling you a story
Author's name: Fares Ashour
Between the lines of this book you will find the strangest stories that have baffled the whole world.
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Hypocrisy was beautiful short philosophical novels
Hypocrisy was beautiful Short philosophical novels Author's name: Dr. Khaled Ghattas Hypocrisy Was Beautiful is the author's debut book, comprising short philosophical novels that may not initially appear connected, but that undoubtedly unite in essence with us, human beings. These novels discuss social and...
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God is with us - Fahd Al-Bashara
God is with us Author's name: Fahd Al-Bashara Life scatters us, but God's kindness gathers us together. Circumstances break us and God helps us Calamities weaken us, but God strengthens us. Trials surround us, but relief comes from God. Don't be sad God is...
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