Dar Al Saqi Publishing House

house in the mountains Author Name: Caroline Moorehead The extraordinary story of the brave women who led the Italian resistance during World War II. Ada, Frida, Silvia, and Bianca, four young women from Piedmont, fought alongside thousands of men and women to liberate Italy....

The art of translation Author's name: Alberto Manguel Translation, as Manguel sees it, is the highest form of reading. Amid the ongoing debate about the relationship between translation and creativity, this book delves deeply into translation, analyzing and interpreting it, freeing the translator from...

human stupidity Author's name: Carlo Cipolla This book confirms our worst fears: stupid people can rule the world. Through what he calls "The Fundamental Laws of Human Stupidity," historian Carlo Cipolla attempts to discover, understand, or perhaps neutralize one of the most powerful dark...

Philosophy of Violence Author's name: Elsa Dorlin There is a historical dividing line between bodies "worthy of protection" and those stripped of weapons, their right to protection, and left defenseless. This systematic disarmament raises the question of resorting to violence in self-defense in every...

Who are the poets that the misguided follow? Author's name: Ghazi Al-Gosaibi This book is a serious attempt to find a key that facilitates the interpretation of the four Qur’anic verses from Surat Ash-Shu’ara’, which mention poets among those followed by those who are...

Autumnal passion touches the trees And impregnates the horizons with wind, and thunder, and darkness And it persists, tasting humanity And hearts tremble with fear of death And with longing for birth I was In the black forest, driving away boredom And watching the horizons give birth to children  

Whatever you think, think the opposite. Author's Name: Paul Arden This book explains the benefits of bad decisions. Shows how risk is your safety in life Why irrationality is better than rationality. The secret is having the confidence to roll the dice. "Whatever you...

Revolution in the Sunnah of the Prophet Author's name: Ghazi Al-Gosaibi The author takes a brief tour of the treasures of the Prophetic Sunnah, quoting a noble hadith and commenting on it in seven articles, calling for self-reform from the heart of Islamic teachings...

Human Origins: A Brief History Author: Antoine Balzo Not a year goes by without a discovery: Lucy is not our oldest ancestor, new branches of humans in Asia, fragments of Neanderthal inheritance in our DNA... But there are still missing pieces in the puzzle...

Amazing characters from the world of literature Author's name: Alberto Manguel Alberto Manguel, one of the world's most prominent book lovers, charmingly and eruditely explores the ability of imaginary characters who have lived with us since childhood to emerge from their books and guide...

souls Author's name: Abdo Khal In a world where reality intertwines with myth and magic, and resembles a miracle, Wahid is born. Under the care of his grandmother, parents, and Qaddar al-Jabali, who knows what no one else knows, Wahid spends his life searching...

Ebola 76 Author's name: Amir Taj Al-Sir In the cardboard huts of the most destitute residential neighborhood in Nzara, South Sudan, Louis Noa grows up to a miserable childhood. The young man, who works in a textile factory, decides to marry the first smiling...

craving Author's name: Amir Taj Al-Sir Abdul Nabi Samara, a native of northern Sudan, enters the eastern town as a strange teacher. The magic of Houriya Al-Musleh awaits him, leading him to an unexpected fate. She is Houriya Al-Hadrami, whose Hadrami and Gypsy origins...

The pain of the seductress Author's name: Abdo Khal Ministry of Culture and Information Award, Best Novel by a Saudi Writer Category 2013 Mabkhout entered the village as a stranger. His compassion for its girls drove him out, accused of them. Foton found no...

The healers Author's name: Abbas Baydoun Jalal returns to his pine village. He doesn't find his grandmother's house where he grew up as it was. The villagers broke into it and smashed its furniture, believing that its owner, Hajja Hadiya, was a friend of...

Loss Album Author's name: Abbas Baydoun The years jostle in his mind... He is the narrator who races against time, thinking he is deceiving time, even though his negligence has contributed to it passing faster. Through his daily narration with "Nino," his daughter's cat,...

Card for two people Author's name: Abbas Baydoun Trains aren't scary, but we keep thinking they have a history with predatory animals and the slave trade. That they only achieved this control through oppression. That they still drag along their painful length in search...

The Hour of Abandonment   Author: Abbas Beydoun In a Lebanese town bordering the frontier strip, Salah, Nadim, Fawaz, and the rest of their leftist comrades feel defeated and powerless. The Israeli army is preparing to enter, and Palestinian organizations have withdrawn towards the...

B B B Author's name: Abbas Baydoun Leave without cards, you won't need all this blood. Blow on the glass and you will find your faces. This straw that you fought over will be washed again, not only of blood but also of meanings.

Death takes our measurements Author's name: Abbas Baydoun That heaviness we feel in the upper arm might be the lingering effect of a fear that has paralyzed the imagination, or burned it out like a current in a factory. When farewell becomes life's only...