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A Sky-Blue Mask   Author: Basem Khandaqji     Nour, an archaeologist, lives in a refugee camp in Ramallah. One day, he finds a blue ID card in the pocket of an old coat. He wears the occupier's mask in an attempt to understand...

The Shell: Diary of a Voyeur Author's name: Mustafa Khalifa This is a novel within the prison literature genre by Mustafa Khalifa. This novel is considered one of the most famous Arabic prison literature novels, as it has been translated into 10 languages, including...

The Forty Rules of Love Author's name: Elif Shafak The novel's heroine, Ella, the unhappy wife, turns forty when she reads a novel about the life of Jalal ad-Din Rumi and his Sufi master, Shams of Tabriz. She is captivated by Shams's rules, which...

Women's Charter Author's name: Hanin Al-Sayegh Governed by fear and powerlessness, Amal Bounemr lives a conservative rural life in her Druze village in Mount Lebanon, where many of life's questions escape into religiosity and isolation. Her father, a sheikh by profession and a blacksmith,...

My amazing friend Author's name: Elena Ferrante Naples in the 1950s. Two friends, Elena and Lila, live in a squalid working-class neighborhood. They grow and change, help each other and quarrel, their paths meet and diverge. Ferrante takes us on a stunning journey into...

Sersi Author's name: Madeleine Miller Born in the house of Helios, the sun god and mightiest of the Titans, Cersei was an oddity—not as powerful and fearsome as her father, nor as alluring and greedy as her mother—but possessing a dark power no one...

The Island of Missing Trees Author: Elif Shafak Translator: Ahmed Hassan Al-Moaini Elif Shafak retells a poignant story of life resembling that of Romeo and Juliet. The narrative reaches its climax when Kostas is sent to London by his mother in 1974 without being...

May's absence Author: Najwa Barakat In her ninth-floor apartment, Mrs. May lives alone. From the balcony of her eighty-plus years, she overlooks Beirut, observing its conditions and transformations. Her two sons are away and have entrusted her care to the building's caretaker, Youssef, and...

Orientalism Author's name: Edward Said House of Literature Edward Said's seminal work, Orientalism (1978), examines the view of the "Orient" by a group of Western writers, some of whom have close ties to the imperialist establishment. Thus, the "Orient" is portrayed with all the...

There are rivers in the sky Author's name: Elif Shafak A lost poem, two great rivers, and three extraordinary lives, all linked by a single drop of water. In the ruins of Nineveh, fragments of a long-forgotten poem lie buried beneath the sand. An...

Istanbul's bastard Author's name: Elif Shafak A novel about the women of the Kazanci family who live in a large house: Zeliha, the younger sister who owns a tattoo parlor, and Asya's foundling mother; Banu, who has recently discovered her talents as an astrologer;...

Three Daughters of Eve Author's name: Elif Shafak Perry was on her way to a dinner party in Istanbul when a beggar accosted her and snatched her handbag. As she wrestled with him to get it back, a Polaroid photo of three young women...

The Loved Boy and the Teacher Author's name: Elif Shafak Translated by: Dr. Muhammad Darwish The Passionate Boy and the Teacher is a novel by Elif Shafak. The worlds of this novel are strange and wonderful, as the novelist moves here to the world...

The fugitives and the survivors Author's name: Elena Ferrante Italy in the 1960s and 1970s. Political tensions between communists and fascists are at their peak. The novel takes Lina from the poor alleys of Naples to a life of luxury with her husband, Professor...

The Story of the New Name My Brilliant Friend 2 Author: Elena Ferrante In the second part of "My Brilliant Friend," Lila works in her husband's family business. Elena, on the other hand, excels in her studies with the aim of escaping her fate...

A Mask, the Color of the Sky, Part Two The Gatekeeper of the Holocaust   Author: Basim Khandaqji   The ultimate political imagination is to encounter Or – the other side of Noor and its opposite, the already defeated, ever-troubled occupier, forcibly burdened by...

My Diary in Women's Prison Author's name: Nawal El Saadawi Because I was born in this time, it was not surprising that I went to prison. I committed all the crimes... I wrote stories, novels, and poetry. I have published scientific and literary research,...

disturbing love Author: Elena Ferrante My mother drowned on the night of May 23rd, my birthday. Elena Ferrante begins her narrative with this harsh, shocking phrase, reminiscent of the opening of Kafka's Metamorphosis and Camus's The Stranger. The heroine then delves into investigative research...

Tsukuru Tazari Colorless and his years of pilgrimage Author's name: Haruki Murakami Five high school friends who are almost inseparable. Coincidentally, their names all refer to a color. The first is Akamatsu (meaning: red pine), the second is Omi (meaning: blue sea), the third...

Atlas of Impossible Nostalgia Author Name: Anuradha Roy This Indian novel has been translated into sixteen international languages. It is a creative portrayal of a local culture in which the ancient past blends with the present, which cannot be undone and cannot escape the...