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What was not mentioned in the biography of the sacrifice Author's name: Mathayel Al-Shammari She lifted her dress to mid-calf and entered the sea. I watched Sultan move further away, so I adjusted my position. As soon as the water touched her legs, she...

Baghdad heretic Author's name: Jaafar Rajab It happened a lot, it went east and west, she planted some of her optimism in my heart after she warned me. I remember that I took it as a joke and said to her: “All this is...

The religion of man Author: Firas Al-Sawah This book describes the religious phenomenon in a species known as Homo sapiens. We have found that religion is one of the key characteristics that has distinguished this species from others since it acquired the human traits...

Gilgamesh Author: Firas Al-Sawah This book is considered the primary reference in the Arabic language for those interested in the Epic of Gilgamesh and for readers in general. In addition to the scholarly effort the author has expended in verifying and translating the text...

A night that forgets its deposits Author's name: Jokha Alharthi We were sitting on two chairs next to each other. They were two chairs made of cane, wood, or cardboard. We were at home, sitting facing the door. But opposite us were two doors,...

في مدينةٍ كانت يومًا أكثر بقاع الغرب عنفًا ودمويَّة، تتقاطع مصائر ثلاث نساء صينيَّات وافدات. بين رغباتهنّ النابضة بالحياة، ووحشيّة المجتمع الذي يرفض الغرباء، والصعوبات التي تواجه كلّ واحدة منهنّ، تكتشف هؤلاء النساء أنَّ التحدي الكبير لا يكمن في نجاة الجسد، بل في إنقاذ...

 هناك، في بلدة "كارلايل" الوادعة، في ربوع جزيرة "الأمير إدوارد" الخلابة بكندا، حيث تلتقي زُرقة البحر بخصوبة الأرض، تنسج "لوسي مود مونتغمري" على غرار معظم رواياتها، أحداثَ رائعتها "الحكواتية" حيث يلتقي القارئ بـ"سارة ستانلي"؛ ذات الأربعةَ عشرَ عامًا، اللمَّاحة التي تفيضُ بالفطنة -والدهاء ربما-...

لم تكن السدرة ملكًا لأحد غير الله. هذا ما أخبرتني به أمي، غير أن صالح أحضر معه سكينًا وحفر اسمه على جذعها، مدعيًا أنها أصبحت ملكه. تشاجر هو وهشام وحمد فتدخَّل هلال، وفي أثناء العراك الذي كنا نحن البنات نراقبه من دون أن نتورط...

MISS: I’ll leave, if you come with me!   JEAN: Are you mad, woman? Miss Julie running away with her valet! That’s what the papers will write the day after tomorrow, and the Count will never recover from it!    MISS: I can’t leave!...

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe   Author: Daniel Defoe‎ I see Robinson Crusoe as the English Ulysses himself. James Joyce's Robinson Crusoe is a literary masterpiece, as Defoe maintained his own perspective. The mere suggestion of danger, isolation, and a deserted island...

History of creation Author: Khazal Al-Majidi This book tells the story of creation from the scientific point of view only. It is very necessary as an introduction to the history of civilizations created by man, because it will make us understand the meaning of...

Reading Manifesto Author's name: Irene Vallejo “Books are a refuge for memory, a mirror in which we see our image and become more like who we want to be. Books are boats that carry the treasure of words. And fragile universes in which our...

The light at the end of the evening Author's name: Maria Jose Ferrada The little girl takes her first steps in life and finds her way in this world. She categorizes things and memories, rearranging the universe by looking at her surroundings: she sees...

Iron Woman Author's name: Ted Hughes Lucy's attic room was pitch black. Had she been awake, she would have heard a strange sound, the loud song of a lark in the darkness above the house. Had she been standing in the garden looking up...

Iron Man Author's name: Ted Hughes Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. No one knew how far he had walked to get there. No one knew where he came from. Or what he was made of. Iron Man stood taller than...

Stone sky Author's name: N. K. Jemessen This was no metaphor, Esson, no exaggeration. I have seen the world burn. Do not speak to me of innocent witnesses, of those who did not deserve to suffer, of the cruelty of revenge. When a commune...

The West: A New History of an Old Idea Author: Nisha McSweeney This is not a book about the history of "Western civilization," but about the great lie that has been taught as history, narrated as fact, and exported as the origin of civilization....

Lexical exercises Author's name: Ali Al-Majnouni If language is a subject worn down by constant use, then the texts in this book seek to examine the broad field in which language operates, beginning with its being a natural phenomenon felt on cave walls and...

The pangs of longing and the hardships of life Author's name: Ali Mahmoud Khodair I am your phantom. Your follower. Your disciple. I am the one followed in you. The follower of your followers. Overpowered by his own circumstances and time. Victorious in his...

A Brief History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Author: Ilan Pappe In this book, as in all his other works, Ilan Pappe subjects Zionism to rigorous critical analysis. He argues that it was not a national liberation movement for the Jews, but rather a settler-colonial...