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They are waiting for dawn Author's name: Jean Dost Seventy-nine days have passed since the trench warfare that the state started against the party, and the party started against itself! Only a madman would choose the battlefield to write his novel: “Salma’s Madman.” Between...

Honey and bitterness Author's name: Tahar Ben Jelloun Tangier, early 21st century. She was among his victims. He is a pervert who lures teenage girls by tempting them to publish their poems in his newspaper. She is a sixteen-year-old teenager. Samia did not confide...

cocoa Author's name: Jorge Amado After his father's death, Sergipano is forced to leave his land and become a laborer on a cocoa plantation. There, he is surprised by the slavery to which the plantation workers are subjected. Sergipano finds a respite when Maria,...

The Translator's Lover Author's name: Jean Dost Seven days and nights were spent by the translator's lover, delving into his ancient memories in search of the beginning of his journey to the "Land of the Crosses." A dream project that his father never fulfilled,...

News from foreign countries Author's name: Alberto Manguel "McKitterick Prize" 1992 A journey into darkness, but also a love story, with a sensitivity that explores the known, the unknown, and the unknowable between man and woman, between father and daughter. The novel tells the...

Three steps to the gallows Author's name: Jean Dost Sheikh Saeed was forced to lead the Kurdish revolution against Turkey before the conditions and preparations were ripe, and it ended with the fading of the Kurdish dream of independence. He was the leader, but...

Terrorism as we explain it to our children Author's name: Tahar Ben Jelloun They blow themselves up and those around them in the name of religion. They resort to violence and murder to find meaning in their lives and their deaths. Who are these...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Autumn of Innocence Author's name: Abbas Baydoun Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2017 Masoud kills his wife and flees to Syria, where he joins an Islamist group. His son, Ghassan, grows up orphaned and raised by his uncle Jawad, bearing the burden of his father's...

Night shell Author's name: Abdo Khal During stillness, a moving act occurs, there is no such thing as coincidence. Coincidence is the moment of pause from which the equation of existence is generated... movement... life... dreams... Every movement directs us towards annihilation or life....

Death passes by here Author's name: Abdo Khal Death doesn't just pass through the village of "Al-Sawdaa"; it resides there, never leaving. And death in Al-Sawdaa is called "Al-Sawadi"; the master of the terrifying castle from which whoever enters it leaves only to the...

Witches' Resort Author's name: Amir Taj Al-Sir She got off a bus coming from the Eritrean border, fleeing the fires of war in her country. A captivating beauty landed in the wrong place, without support, money, or shelter. Her name is Abeba Tesfaye, a...

Dowry of shouting Author's name: Amir Taj Al-Sir In the "Korak" council, Adam Nazar declares his desire, shouting, "I want to be a sheikh father." His memory still echoes the cries of his father, the drummer, who wanted to perform the Hajj pilgrimage; a...

Hour of abandonment Author's name: Abbas Baydoun In the Lebanese town adjacent to the border strip, Salah, Nadim, Fawaz, and the rest of the leftist comrades feel defeated and helpless. The Israeli army is preparing to invade, and the Palestinian organizations have withdrawn towards...

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...