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Broken eyes
Broken eyes Author's name: Tahar Ben Jelloun At the foot of the mountain lies a hidden treasure, and she alone holds the secret key, even if she doesn't know its true nature. She knows who killed her little brother, but she no longer seeks...- Dhs. 59.00
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Whisper of the Stars
Whisper of the Stars Author's name: Naguib Mahfouz "When his daughter, Umm Kulthum, gave me a small box containing several papers belonging to Mahfouz, I felt a pleasure as if I were about to discover a pharaonic tomb. Among the papers was a complete...- Dhs. 25.00
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Stevenson Under the Palm Trees
Stevenson Under the Palm Trees Author's name: Alberto Manguel Robert Louis Stevenson enjoys life on the colorful island of Samoa until everything is turned upside down by rape, murder, and the appearance of his doppelganger, Mr. Baker. In this playful celebration of Stevenson's life...- Dhs. 32.00
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The art of reading
The art of reading Author's name: Alberto Manguel Thirty-nine meditations on the joy of reading, through which Alberto Manguel takes us on an extraordinary literary journey, enriched by narratives from Homer and Dante, and themes ranging from Pinocchio to Alice, from Borges to Che...- Dhs. 68.00
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Curiosity
Curiosity Author's name: Alberto Manguel Curiosity has been, and continues to be, the catalyst that drives our knowledge and the temptation that leads us into dangerous and forbidden waters. Questions arise in diverse guises and in diverse contexts: Why does evil exist? What is...- Dhs. 68.00
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Library at night
Library at night Author's name: Alberto Manguel "The Library at Night" is the captivating story of the vital role the library has played in our civilization. In his international bestseller, *A History of Reading*, inspired by the process of creating a library in his...- Dhs. 55.00
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A man came and went
A man came and went Author's name: Ghazi Al-Gosaibi You packed your bags and gave me the azure sea, you waved to me and I waved to you... and when I came back... I drowned in a sea of blood- Dhs. 28.00
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Ten nights and a narration
Ten nights and a narration Author's name: Tahar Ben Jelloun Tales by the French writer Charles Perrault, drawn from the myths and legends of ancestors, are narrated by Tahar Ben Jelloun in the manner of Scheherazade in "One Thousand and One Nights." These tales...- Dhs. 55.00
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The bells of Rome
The bells of Rome Author's name: Jean Dost A lover leaves Antioch for Rome to learn languages and the basics of translation. There, he falls in love with a Christian girl, marries her, converts to Islam, and becomes a wine merchant. Now an elderly...- Dhs. 45.00
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A lover of details
A lover of details Author's name: Alberto Manguel Anatole Vasanbian lived in Poitiers, France, during the interwar period, working in a public bathhouse. He possessed an amazing talent for capturing detail: he would describe the hands handling soap, peer into the bathers' skin colors,...- Dhs. 28.00
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return
return Author's name: Alberto Manguel In Rome, Nestor Fabrice receives an invitation that disrupts his quiet life as a street vendor. He sets off for Buenos Aires for a brief visit to the lands of his boyhood. Upon arrival, he embarks on the perilous...- Dhs. 32.00
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With Borges
With Borges Author: Alberto Manguel In Buenos Aires, 1964, a blind writer approaches a sixteen-year-old bookstore clerk and asks if he would be interested in a part-time job as a reader aloud. The writer is Jorge Luis Borges, one of the world's most sensitive...- Dhs. 32.00
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Introduction to Arabic Poetry
Introduction to Arabic Poetry Author's name: Adonis Dar Al Saqi is reissuing this literary study, which calls for a reconsideration of the Arabic poetic heritage, not to rupture with it, but to affirm that poetry is changing in form, concept, and vision. Thus, poetry...- Dhs. 28.00
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Cities eating grass
Cities eating grass Author's name: Abdo Khal The caravan didn't take little Yahya to where he was supposed to go. Places in his life are scattered, moving away from one another, just as supposed families are scattered. But a thread ties the scattered parts...- Dhs. 63.00
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immorality
immorality Author's name: Abdo Khal They said she escaped from her grave! ... Ever since she was little, she used to harass men, and her features would glow with worldly happiness whenever a man held her in his arms. Dozens of young men proposed...- Dhs. 45.00
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There is nothing to cheer about
There is nothing to cheer about Author's name: Abdo Khal Rashid's absence has become a preoccupation for the neighborhood residents, after an elderly woman who can never miss a dream recounted seeing him wearing a green robe, singing in a feminine voice. Suddenly, he...- Dhs. 55.00
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Coffee women
Coffee women Author's name: George Amadou Their obsession is women and love in a country where men fight and quarrel, but which opens the doors of ambition and dreams to all of them. Jamil Bishara, the dreamer of wealth and love; Radwan Murad, the...- Dhs. 32.00
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The torrent has finally reached the age of Wednesday
The torrent has finally reached the age of Wednesday Author's name: Salim Barakat Poetry always flows there: in what it does with language, and in language, in the intercourse between the sensual and the mental, and in the escape of his wild imagination from...- Dhs. 28.00
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History is torn apart in a woman's body
History is torn apart in a woman's body Author's name: Adonis They claimed that I was created to be nothing but a vessel to hold semen, as if I were nothing but a field and a plow: My body is made of scum and...- Dhs. 28.00
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The head of the language is the body of the desert
The head of the language is the body of the desert Author's name: Adonis A cloud strokes the face of a half-asleep cloud. A cloud extends its hand to the face of the sun. A cloud extends its hand as if begging from space.- Dhs. 63.00
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A book seller who sells books on stars
A book seller who sells books on stars Author's name: Adonis Thus, we must practice writing as a "criminal" act: a critique and a demolition. Writing that shakes the foundations of tyranny in its various forms and manifestations, whether in values, traditions, norms, customs,...- Dhs. 45.00
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Calm down Hamlet, breathe in Ophelia's madness
Hamlet gives Ophelia a breath of fresh air Author's name: Adonis Ink bells ring in the desert of paper - are they signs of meaning? A time - in which the sun itself is almost a veil.- Dhs. 32.00
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Black Ocean
Black Ocean Author's name: Adonis I woke up yesterday, disturbed: I was dreaming, passing in the dream: many cities, and no house. Many houses, and no room. Many rooms, and no bed. Many beds, and no sleep.- Dhs. 80.00
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Poetry time
Poetry time Author's name: Adonis Rejection, in itself, is a destructive element. But no radical revolution or civilization comes without rejection preceding and paving the way for it, like thunder before rain. Rejection, alone, allows us, in the civilizational impasse we are experiencing, to...- Dhs. 63.00
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First body, last sea
First body, last sea Author's name: Adonis My time is dust, and my love is now its rock. I don’t know: Was it carved from our yesterday, or was it carved from my lust? And tomorrow, will you see me as a wound carried...- Dhs. 32.00
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Mourning does not wear a crown
Mourning does not wear a crown Author's name: Abbas Baydoun It is not true that laughter heals and that guffaws continue to echo in the mountain after the lie ends and the place falls silent. A stray soul divulges secrets and a single advantage...- Dhs. 32.00
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Prayer for the beginning of frost
Prayer for the beginning of frost Author's name: Abbas Baydoun A stone sinks into memory, a face emerges from under the water, barely featuring. The years have cooled its features, a thick oblivion gathers on them. I did not recognize it. The stone has...- Dhs. 28.00
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Metaphysics of the Fox
Metaphysics of the Fox Author's name: Abbas Baydoun My mother and I rarely spoke together. I don't even remember us exchanging a single sentence. What does one have to say to their parents? That was said a long time ago, and it was confirmed...- Dhs. 28.00
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Two months for me
Two months for me Author's name: Abbas Baydoun “At seven, I longed for love and read passionately about people who began to love at seven; I belonged to those boys whose only talent was not love, for they were also poets or musicians. I...- Dhs. 45.00
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grub hunter
grub hunter Author's name: Amir Taj Al-Sir After his retirement, Abdullah Harfesh, a security officer, decides to write a novel. He joins literary circles and frequents the circle surrounding the famous novelist (A.T.). He learns the basics of novel writing and begins selecting his...- Dhs. 45.00
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