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Love Affairs on Al-A'sha Street Author: Badriah Al-Beshr Three heroines search for their freedom: Aziza, who seeks it in love, emulating Suad Husni, the Cinderella of Arab cinema, and falling in love with an Egyptian doctor because he speaks in the dialect of black...

Every parent wants to make their children happy and avoid spoiling their lives. But what is the way to do that? In this useful and enjoyable book, the renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perry addresses the fundamental issues of raising children. Instead of presenting an "ideal"...

Small death Author's name: Muhammad Hassan Alwan "From the time God created me in Murcia until He took me in Damascus, I have been on a never-ending journey. I saw countries, met people, befriended saints, and lived under the rule of the Almohads, Ayyubids,...

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind   Author: Gustave Le Bon   This book is by the French psychologist of crowds or collective psychology, Gustave Le Bon. The Arabic version was translated and introduced by Hashem Saleh, and the first Arabic edition...

Sparrowhawk Author's name: Ghazi Al-Gosaibi Al-Asfuriya is a Levantine word meaning insane asylum. The hero is a professor who narrates the history of the Arab nation in a clinical therapy session to a psychiatrist. Here, Al-Qusaibi wanted to say that the insane asylum is...

Politics and trickery among the Arabs Chips in minutes tricks Author's name: Dar Al Saqi This book predates the era of the Italian politician Machiavelli by a hundred years. Its "political tricks" place it on par with "The Prince" in its teaching of the...

For Bread Alone   Author: Mohamed Choukri Mohamed Choukri did not learn to read and write until he was twenty years old. His early life was a descent into a world of misery where violence was the daily sustenance of those who create. Fleeing a...

The Book and the Qur’an: A New Vision Author's name: Dr. Muhammad Shahrour The author re-read the Holy Revelation with new mechanisms, keeping in mind that it encompasses both divine absoluteness and human relativity in understanding. Like existence, it does not need anything from...

The Art of Stillness   Author: Magnus Fridh   Translation: Reem Tawil   Sitting in silence from time to time, without moving or doing anything, might be the smartest choice you make in the world we live in. This stillness gives you space to...

Philosophy of Desire Author's name: Frederic Lenoir Without desire, no life is worth living. How does our brain lead us towards desire? How do today's ads and social networks encourage us to desire more? Can we really direct our desires in a way that brings us happiness?...

Longlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2017 He wakes up one morning to find himself trapped in a room he doesn't know how he got into. Through the peephole, he discovers that a man is free in the opposite room. Can he...

Are you not okay?   Author: Clare Chamberlain   Translation: Reem Taweel   Are you facing major problems? Do you sometimes feel frustrated and uncomfortable? You are not alone! No one is okay all the time. This clear and comforting guide is for anyone...

An Arab Woman in Iran The Iranians as We Never Knew Them   Author: Nada Al-Azhari     In the countless writings about Iran, the Iranians themselves are often absent.Those who are neither politicians nor movie stars, nor well-known dissidents or activists.The people you...

wild swans China Drama in the Lives of Three Women 1909-1978 Author's Name: Yong Chang Between the intimacy of memoirs and the epic of the novel, the tragedy of three Chinese women: A grandmother born in 1909 during the feudal era. Her father sold...

Supreme Court Author's name: Khaled Al-Nasrallah I am the man who died in a mysterious car accident. I will tell you how life continued after my departure. I can see very well what is happening, but I cannot move a matchstick:  My son is playing...

Brainwashing: The History of Mind Control Author: Daniel Beck In 1953, at the end of the war, North Korea released the American prisoners it had been holding. The surprise was when 21 prisoners refused to return to their country and decided to live in...

Love story Author's name: Ghazi Al-Gosaibi Oh woman! When I love you, I love every flower in every field. I embrace every tree in every forest. I embrace every wave in every sea... When I love you, I love every woman. Are you jealous?...

Sufficiency ceiling Author's name: Muhammad Hassan Alwan The Ceiling of Sufficiency is a long letter from the protagonist, Nasser, to his lover, Maha, who left him and married another man. The entire novel is narrated by its hero, Nasser, in the form of his...

Flatten the world The crisis of culture and the dominance of rules and standards Author: Olivier Roy Identities versus universalism, gender versus sex, republicanism versus collectivism, racism, feminism, immigration... What these issues, with their powerful political implications, have in common is culture in every...

Throwing sparks Author's name: Abdo Khal The novel's events take place in the city of Jeddah, covering the past forty years, and ending with the first day of the current Hijri year 1430. From the atmosphere of the novel, we read: "Have we taken...

Flowers eaten by fire Author's name: Amir Taj Al-Sir From her Italian mother she inherited beauty, and from her father wealth. She was nearly twenty when she returned from Egypt, where she had studied aesthetics, and her beauty shone on her city, “the wall,”...

City of Words Author's name: Alberto Manguel The more narrowly defined identity becomes, the more intolerance grows. The more language provides definitive answers, the more limited our imagination of the universe, the other, and especially of ourselves. From the Epic of Gilgamesh and the...

Quranic Stories: A Contemporary Reading Author's name: Dr. Muhammad Shahrour "Qur'anic Stories" is a new and scientific analysis of the stories of the prophets. In the second part, the author continues the path of prophecy, examining how the sciences and knowledge of prophecy accumulated,...

Hind and the military Author's name: Badriya Al-Bishr Women in my country age prematurely, become depressed, and are troubled by illness, illness of children, and loss of husbands. Their advancing age is nothing but a metaphor for their own decay and the end of...

Five Houses for God and a Room for My Grandmother   Author: Marwan Al-Ghafoury In his village, there was only one path to God, until he moved to the city to study. There, he found five paths leading to God, and decided to take...

Diaries That Don't Concern Me   Author: Kholoud Sharaf In the land of asylum, she awakens to find numerous open doors. She is the one who fled war, survived death, and is entangled in the net of memory. Between a reality where life unfolds...

The Flies of Autumn ‎ Author: Irène Némirovsky   Tatiana Ivanovna spent her life in the service of the Karine family, who belonged to the Russian bourgeoisie, overseeing the upbringing of their children and grandchildren, generation after generation. When the Russian Revolution broke out,...

The Portuguese arrival in the Arabian Gulf in the early 16th century marked a pivotal moment in the region's history. Portugal sought to monopolize navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and control the main ports that connected the trade of India and East Asia...

The Book You Wish Everyone You Love Would Read, and Some You Don't Author: Philippa Perry Translated by Raed Al-Hakeem How do we find and maintain love? How do we navigate the biggest problems in our relationships with ease? How do we adapt to...

The book you wish everyone you love would read The book you wish your parents had read Author's Name: Philippa Perry Translated by Raed Al-Hakim The book you wish everyone you love would read And some of those you don't like How do we...

The Exodus Novel   Author: Habib Abdulrab Sarori     Tens of millions of inhabitants watch what is happening. The eyes of the world are fixed on the spacecraft: three, two, one... The journey has begun.Five astronauts enjoy music parties, dancing, and birthday celebrations...

The Bastard Novel Author: Ghassan Al-Samti A horrific crime claims the life of an elderly grandmother in Tunis, the capital. She and her young grandson had arrived there, fleeing the injustice they had suffered in their forgotten village. The abandoned child and illegitimate son...

Psychology of totalitarianism Author's name: Matthias Desmet The world is under the grip of a modern totalitarianism that is moving towards a unified mindset and a dangerous collective hypnosis. Just as mass hysteria brought down witches in the Middle Ages, today every citizen whose opinion...

Whatever you are, be better Author's Name: Paul Arden   After decades of holding the highest positions in the world's most competitive industries, Paul Arden provides original, logical answers to everyday questions, such as how to capitalize on the opportunity to get fired and...

follow your heart Find your purpose in life and work Author Name: Andrew Matthews Your mission in life is not to live without problems, but to be enthusiastic and happy. A simple, practical guide for anyone who wants to find purpose in their life and...

Enhance your child's emotional intelligence Author's name: Anne Lane  We teach our children to tie their shoes, read, ride a bike, introduce them to the weather, rainbows, and space... but when it comes to explaining the strong and intense emotions a child experiences, things...

Welcome to the beautiful age Author's name: Joel Goron  The book every woman should read  You are attractive, productive and happy even after the age of fifty! If you feel invisible or depressed after your children leave home, arm yourself with this guide that...

Return of the Sailor Author's name: George Amad Captain Vasco arrives in the village with his exciting tales of his seafaring adventures and lovers. The village elders find refuge in his tales from the monotony of their lives. A small seaside village where they...

The good soldier Shevik Author's name: Jaroslav Hašek Dog dealer Joseph Schweik is a madman with a license. However, there are those who accuse him of feigning madness: he is smarter than we think. When World War I was declared, he asked to be drafted and...

Black The philosophy of color Author: Alain Badiou Why is black associated with sadness, mourning and evil? Why do clergy wear black? What's behind terms like "dark matter," "black hole," and "dark humor"? French philosopher Alain Badiou delves into the symbols of black, such...

The Gut Your Treasure in Your Belly What is the secret behind the success of this book, which sold millions of copies in less than a year? The gut is as important as the brain or heart to our existence, yet we know little...

Al-Jazi's health deteriorates in Riyadh, leaving her father with two choices:either begin digging her grave or accept the offer of American nurse Matthew Eden to take her to the Mission Hospital in Bahrain. Reluctantly, he agrees to his daughter's transfer for treatment, on the condition...

All people are liars Author's name: Alberto Manguel A poor devil with a troubled childhood, a literary genius and an irresistible seducer, an ordinary man disguised as a hero, a simple and honest impersonator... Which of these faces is the true face of Alejandro...

Chaos theory begins at the limits where traditional science stops and fails. Since science began to solve the mysteries of the universe, it has always suffered from ignorance about the phenomenon of disorder, such as climate fluctuations, the movement of sea waves, fluctuations in...

Economy As I explain it to my daughter Author's name: Yanis Varoufakis ‎ Why is there so much inequality? And why are economic theories part of the problems rather than the solutions? In answering his daughter's questions, global economist Yanis Varoufakis uses personal stories...

beaver Author's name: Muhammad Hassan Alwan "... Ever since we moved to Al-Fakhriya, my father has treated people as if he were a victorious conqueror, not a new resident. He built a mosque, changed street names, and even interfered with the moods of passersby...

Return as a tourist to California Author's name: Ghazi Al-Gosaibi Nearly twenty years after graduating from California, Ghazi Al-Gosaibi returns to the state as a tourist with his family. The eyes of both writer and traveler compel him to observe the changes taking place...

to think to say no Author's name: Jacques Derrida A new book by Jacques Derrida is published for the first time! He hand-wrote it during the 1960s, a period of intellectual turmoil in France. Refusal is a sign of authentic thinking. When we don't...

The Complete Sonnets Author's name: Shakespeare For the first time, one of the masterpieces of world literature, Shakespeare's Sonnets, is published in its complete form in Arabic. It is published alongside the English original on the facing pages. Kamal Abu Deeb translated and edited...

The Cry of the Dowry   Author: Amir Tag Elsir In the "Kourak" council, Adam Nazar publicly declares his desire, shouting, "I want to be an old father," while the cries of his father, a drum maker, still echo in his memory, expressing his...