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Sofia or the beginning of all stories Author's name: Rafiq Shami One summer day in 2021, Salman Baldi decided to return to Damascus, forty years, two months, and seventeen days after he left Syria in 1970 with a forged passport. It took him another...

Falling in time Author's name: Emil Cioran The importance civilized man attaches to so-called backward peoples is what arouses most suspicion. Unable to bear himself any longer, he resorts to venting on those peoples the surplus of diseases that beset him, inviting them to...

The divine equation Author Name: Jose Z. dos Santos In the spring of 1951, Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion visited Princeton University to meet with Albert Einstein. The purpose of the visit was to obtain a design for a nuclear weapon that would be...

Short Stories Part One Author's name: Jorge Luis Borges When one reaches a certain age, one can pretend to be many things, happiness not among them. - Others should be proud of the pages they have written; I am proud of those I have...

Sunset Island Author's name: Gilbert Sinoué "Sunset Island" is the first part of a trilogy of novels by author Gilbert Sinoué devoted to the history of Morocco before the French and Spanish occupation. It deals with the character of Sultan Ismail and the challenges...

While the world was asleep Author's name: Imad Munther Last night, a little before three o'clock... while the world was asleep, his soul was burning with evil, his eyes bloodshot, seething with rage... he set out on his way, eager to kill, with an...

Tomb of Empires Author's name: Rehan Khan The Emir of the Arabs, the "Leader" of the Spice Route from Aden to Gaza, is a brave and honest leader who is loved by everyone except his brothers who... They are jealous of him. His heart...

child sexual abuse Author's name: Dr. Heba Gamal Hariri The book Child Sexual Abuse, written by Dr. Heba Gamal Hariri, is a comprehensive guide that addresses the topic of child sexual abuse from various aspects, starting from prevention to recovery. The book is divided...

The dream I've been waiting for Author's name: Fatima Basma Amal I was too late, not because I wasn’t ready, but because the world was telling me to wait longer. I waited until my dream almost withered, until its name became a whisper in...

Nahrawan Kingdom Trilogy Author's name: Ahlam Al-Saadi Not all shadows are silent. Some whisper, some watch, and some wait for the right moment to swallow you. In the kingdom of Nahrawan, night is not just darkness, but a gateway that opens to worlds that...

Decoding Reading Body Language Between Reality and Digital Conversations Author's name: Sarah and Hajar Abdel Rahman In this book, we present to you real situations from daily life and we will translate for you the body language behind every action. If you have searched...

New morning After retirement the morning becomes yours Author's name: Saeed Qaraoush Al-Rumaithi A new morning. This book is not about retirement, but about what comes after it, about that moment when you close the office door and open a door to yourself, to...

Don't be a victim of anyone Author's name: Fabian Olekar In a world dominated by masks and driven by hidden intentions to control and direct others in order to achieve one’s desires and goals, the subject of manipulation appears to us as an inevitable...

The Four Fears That Keep Us From Living Author's name: Od Cimmeria I am afraid of being disappointed, of failing at something, of being judged by people. I am afraid of being abandoned, of being bothered by others, of expressing my opinion, of expressing...

gratitude Author's name: Dolphin de Vigan Do we have time to say thank you before it's too late? Is thank you just a compliment or a hidden acknowledgment of an unpayable debt? Gratitude is a novel that takes us into the depths of memory,...

Princesses are always right Author's name: Fabrice Midal In our turbulent world today, can ancient tales help us overcome what threatens our humanity? This is what the French philosopher Fabrice Midal answers in his wonderful book, Princesses Are Always Right, where he presents to...

The magic of gratitude Author's name: Dahi Ermani Gratitude is not just a hidden feeling that resides deep within the human soul, but rather it is a complete philosophy of life and a new way of looking at the world with an eye of...

The art of selfishness Author's Name: Anthony de Mello When was selfishness this beautiful? We hate selfish people. We see them in their isolation as pathetic, or perhaps harmful, refusing to please others. We celebrate those who sacrifice themselves for the happiness of the...

are you really alive Author's Name: Anthony de Mello There comes a moment in our lives when we honestly wonder if we are truly alive. Is what we feel really life, or are we repeating the days and passing them without living them? In...

The days of the murdered Fatimid Author's name: Nizar Shaqroun The book, the meaning, and history are a trinity that Nizar Shaqrawan keeps fluctuating between from one novel to another, as if his concern is to inject the ailing present with life so that...

shame Author's name: Salman Rushdie In his brilliant third novel, first published in 1983, Salman Rushdie gives us a delightful and diverse blend of history, art, language, politics, and religion. Shame tells the story of a university professor's sudden fall from grace and the...

Confessions and Curses Author's name: Emil Cioran The best way to get rid of an enemy is to praise him everywhere. This will be transmitted to him, and he will lose the ability to offend you. In this way, you will have destroyed his...

The Red Garden Author's name: Mohamed Ait Hanna “When the child, whom we will here metaphorically name “M-A,” left school, as usual, he ran quickly home. Despite the pebble that had become lodged between his finger and the blue plastic slipper he was wearing,...

Permanent Revolution Author's name: Leon Trotsky Wherein lies Trotsky's greatness? To what extent are his ideas and struggle still relevant to our time? Trotsky's fundamental quality is that he is a "forward thinker," in the sense in which Greek myth says that "Prometheus" is...

A Girl's Diary Author's name: Annie Ernaux “The Diary of a Girl” was not only the text that remained missing from Annie Ernaux’s creative corpus for five decades, but it is also a text that is unique among all her works, and can be...

Three times at dawn Author's name: Alessandro Baricco These pages tell a true story, but it could never happen in reality. They tell of two people who meet three times, but each time is unique; it is the first and the last. They can...

Oh Mary Author's name: Sinan Anton In his third novel, Iraqi novelist and poet Sinan Antwan addresses the thorny questions facing minorities in contemporary Iraq. Through the biography of Yousef (who refuses to emigrate and leave the home he built), and through the biography...

livelihood Author's name: Cesare Pavese Nine days after completing his diary, "The Profession of Living," Cesare Pavese took his own life. He had taken an overdose of sleeping pills in a Turin hotel room shortly before. He had published his novel "The Moon and...

That other world Author's name: Azar Nafisi Although I know it will never end, I will not stop painting the second painting. My experiment has failed, and there is no better proof of this defeat, failure, or impotence than the paper on which I...

Orient Express Travel Diaries Author's Name: John Dos Passos The bow of the ship rocked as it hit a new, strong wave. A whirlwind hid the moon, and raindrops irritably sprinkled my head, then faded away, leaving behind wisps of moonlight drifting eastward where...