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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...

The girl who doesn't like her name Author's name: Elif Shafak Sardonia is a smart and creative girl, but she has one problem: she hates her name, which means a type of flower, which makes her classmates make fun of her. She finds loyal...

في الجزء الأخير من رباعيَّة "صديقتي المذهلة"، تترك إيلينا حياتها المرفَّهة في فلورانسا لتلتحق بنينو، حبيبِها من زمن المراهقة، مدمِّرةً بفعلها هذا ما بنته بصعوبةٍ وألم: مهنتَها وأمومتَها وزواجَها. وترجع إلى نابولي حيث تُعيد أوصالَ صداقتها مع ليلا، العنيفةِ، المتمرِّدةِ، الضائعةِ، الناجحةِ الفاشلة.

Samia comes out of the sea Author's name: Laila Othman A love affair develops between Abdullah, son of Maryam Al-Dallalah, and Wasmiya, a daughter of noble lineage, in the small city surrounded by the sea. They live their dream due to social differences, amid...

A Sky-Colored Mask, Part Three The Butterflies of Holy Mary Author: Basim Khandaqji In the final part of the Mirrors Trilogy, Basim Khandaqji focuses on the character of Maryam Fatim, who taught "Ohr" the Arabic language. The relationship between them evolved into an explosion...

No mail to Gaza Author's name: Muhammad Jabaiti Jalal Matar, a young man from Gaza, works as a gravedigger, like his father, and loves parkour. Step by step, we experience the stages of his life, filled with dreams and disappointments. In a bold style,...

plague Author's name: Albert Camus A true story that took place in 1940 AD in Oran, Algeria. It includes a vivid description of the nature of Algeria and the Algerian people, their customs, traditions, and struggle in their struggle against colonialism, backwardness, and hunger,...

Bab al-Shams Author's name: Elias Khoury In "Bab Al-Shams", Elias Khoury continues to narrate the journey of rain, death and mud, displacement, camps and people weaving with life... dreaming of a homeland, but Nahla says there will be no homeland before we all die......

Hind or the most beautiful woman in the world Author: Hoda Barakat The mother lost her firstborn, Hind, of exceptional beauty. When her second daughter, Hanadi, was afflicted with acromegaly, the resemblance that had promised the mother that she would bring the absent child...

The invention of books Infinite in Papyrus Author: Irene Vallejo If there were a copy of “One Thousand and One Nights” about books and writing, it is right here in your hands, in these pages written by researcher, novelist, and storyteller Irene Vallejo, “the...

Close to the wild heart Author's Name: Clarice Lispector Close to the Wild Heart is the first novel written by Clarice Lispector, written in 1943 when she was twenty years old. Clarice surprised critics with her debut novel and won their admiration, and her...

There is no hero but Ali   Author: Abd al-Ilah Benarafa   The writer takes us on his gnostic project to the first century AH, through a new narrative architecture with a major pivotal character. The novel begins with the birth of Ali ibn...

honor Author's name: Elif Shafak Bambi leaves Turkey, leaving her twin sister behind, and follows her beloved husband, Adam, to London. The Kurdish Tobruk family, in exile, tries in vain to break away from the traditions and beliefs that haunt them until the last...

Daughter of Luck Author's name: Isabel Allende The author weaves the threads of this novel's events, moving between Chile, China, and California, in a specific historical era. In the nineteenth century, dreams of discovering gold were vast and dangerous in California, where the orphaned...

10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World Novel Author's name: Elif Shafak The novel begins with the heroine, Laila, brutally murdered and her body dumped in a garbage dump. The events unfold during the final 10 minutes and 38 seconds during which...

يعيش الطبيب باباكار وحيدًا مع ذكرياته: طفولة أفريقيَّة، وأمّ ذات عينيْن زرقاوين تزوره في أحلامه، وحبّ قديم لـ أزيليا التي اختفت هي الأخرى. لكنَّ القدر وضع في دربه طفلةً وحيدةً مثله، فقدتْ أُمّها عند الولادة، فيَعِدُها باباكار بمستقبل أفضل، ويأخذها إلى جزيرة هاييتي، التي...

".. و حين دق الجرس مرة أخرى و فتح باب الغرفة الصغيرة, صعد ألي صمت القاعة, ذلك الصمت و ذلك الشعور الفريد الذي داخلني حين لاحظت أن الصحفي كان قد أشاح بعينيه. ولم أنظر باتجاه ماري. لم يتح لي الوقت لذلك, لأن الرئيس قال...

Whiteness of memory Author's name: Natasha Apanah What remains of memory when the faces of those who have departed, their stories, their hopes, and the sparkle of their eyes are buried under the cement of the present? This is a story about memory, about...

Ladies of the Moon Author: Jokha Alharthi When Mia saw Ali bin Khalaf, he had spent years studying in London and returned without a degree. But the sight of him immediately shocked Mia. He was so tall he touched a swift cloud passing through...