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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...

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...

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...

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...