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Biographies and Memoirs

Biographies, Autobiographies, and Memoirs in the Arabic language.

Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 9729
By: Dave Pelzer
Arab Scientific Publishers, Beirut, 2008 Ar Edition, c1999
Topic: Autobiography
Abstract: Translated to Arabic, the third tale in David Pelzer's amazing autobiographical trilogy. The first two told of his experiences living as a victim of child abuse, this book talks about his experiences as an adult, trying to cope and survive.
$15.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7473
By: Khalil Ahmad Khalil
Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, Beirut, 2006
Topic: Autobiography
Abstract: The author recounts his life and also talks about major political events that have occurred in various stages of Lebanese history. B/W photos included By: Khalil Ahmad Khalil
$30.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7849
By: Hamza al-Hassan
Al Intishar, Beirut, 2007
Topic: Autobiography
Abstract: An autobiography in the Arabic language. By: Hamza al Hassan
$8.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 8053
By: Abdul Sattar Nasser
Arab Scientific Publishers, Beirut, 2008
Topic: Writings
Abstract: A beautiful and fun book to read, but hard to actually classify. The Iraqi writer hasn't written a novel, more a biography and a collage of events and characters, although the author changed his name to a fictional name in the book. By: Abdul Sattar Nasser
$8.25
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12366
By: Joelle Giappesi
Naufal, 2010
Topic: Biographies-Memoirs
Abstract: "Walls Can't Make a Prison", memoirs in Arabic.
$16.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 10940
By: Mohamed Choukri
saqi Books, London/Beirut, 2009 printing c.1973
Topic: Autobiography
Abstract: "For Bread Alone", in the Arabic, Mohamed Choukri's (1935-2003) classic and moving work, speaking for an entire generation of North Africans, a true document of human desperation.
$12.50
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7883
By: Anis Sayigh
Riad El Rayyes, Beirut, 2006
Topic: Autobiography
Abstract: A simple and spontaneous autobiography, a summing up since mid-last century, by the well- known Palestinian writer. By: Anis Sayigh
$22.50
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12600
By: Barbara Walters
Dar al Kitab al Arabi, 2010
Topic: Memoirs
Abstract: "Audition: A Memoir", Barbara Walters memoirs, translated to the Arabic. “[Walters’] heartfelt candor lifts this book above mere titillation. . . . blended with this personal drama is a delightful tale of the golden age of television . . . Through 50-plus chapters, you feel as though you’ve enjoyed a year of weekly lunches with Walters . . . She regales you with the juicy behind-the-scenes details of the celebrities she’s interviewed, mixed in with stories of her own trials and tribulations. In the end, you envy her a little less and admire her more.” –Kathleen Matthews, Washington Post
$35.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 10506
By: Nawal Najm
All Prints, 2007
Topic: Memoir - Biography
Abstract: Exclusive memoir of Dr. George Rabiz.
$9.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11819
By: Bassam Abu Sharif
Riad El Rayyes, 2010
Topic: Memoirs-Politics-History
Abstract: "Beirut My City, Memoirs"
$15.00
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Softbound | Arabic | Product Code: 13023
By: Unknown
Madbouly Bookshop Egypt
Topic: Politics / Biography
Abstract: Bashar al Asad, Syria's president. This book follows his origins, and how he took power in Syria.
$22.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 6690
By: Bill Mason, Lee Gruenfeld
Arab Scientific Publishers, Beirut, 2006 Arabic Ed. C2003
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: Fascinating true-life adventures of jewel thief Mason, who had a long and successful career. By: Bill Mason, Lee Gruenfeld
$17.95
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 9860
By: Myaing Shaya
All Prints Distributors & Publishers, Beirut, 2008
Topic: Biography
Abstract: In the Arabic langauge, a biography of the Dalai Lama, as a man, monk, and spiritual leader.
$23.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11980
By: David Beckham
All Prints, 2006
Topic: Biography-Memoirs
Abstract: "David Beckham: From Child to Champion". Translated to the Arabic, a very interesting autobiography, with quality binding and including photographs.
$22.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7273
By: Gerhard Schroeder Translator: Nasser Alarwaz
All Prints Distributors & Publishers, Beirut, 2006
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: Decisions: My Life in Politics' - Memoirs of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's memoir on his life in politics, here translated to the Arabic language.
$35.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 8217
By: Ali al-Tantawi
Dar Ibn Hazm, Beirut, 2007
Topic: Autobiography
Abstract: Recollections of Ali Tantawi - As noted by Ali Tantawi this is a collection of recollections and not memoirs as he does not have the documents to back up memoirs. Accordingly he requests his readers to keep diaries, especially of their thoughts.
$100.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7762
By: Ibrahim al-Zubaidi
Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, Beirut, 2008
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: State Radio; Biography of the Iraqi Vistas 1956-1974 - A Memoir in the Arabic language. Includes black and white photographs from the time period. By: Ibrahim al Zubaidi
$12.75
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7419
By: Shaker al-Nabulsi
Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, Beirut, 2007
Topic: Biography
Abstract: A'klah al Tha'b!! Al Sirah al fniah llrsam Naji al A'li - Eaten by the Wolf - The Artistic Life of Naji al-Ali. Biography of the immortal Palestinian cartoonist. Book contains several of Naji al-Ali's illustrations. By: Shaker al Nabulsi
$15.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 9485
By: Izis Fath Allah, Mahmud Kamil
Dar Al Shorouk, 2008
Topic: Music Personality - Biography
Abstract: The first book in the series 'Encyclopedia of The Flags of Arab Music,' the national project to preserve the heritage of Arabic music. The book contains a thorough review and simplified analysis of Umm Kulthum's career. She is one of the most important flags of Arabic music. Included is a CD of extracts from her work. By: Izis Fath Allah, Mahmud Kamil
$35.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11782
By: Mohamad Salam
Dar Al Sharouk, 2007
Topic: Biography
Abstract: "Farooq From Birth To Death" the Egyptian King
$48.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12257
By: Saddam Hussein and Khalil Dulaymi
Al Munbir, 2009
Topic: Political-Current Affairs-Memoirs
Abstract: "This Is What Happened", Saddam Hussein's memoirs that he wrote in jail and gave to his lawyer, he discusses a number of topics such as conversations with foreign leaders and military conflicts.
$28.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 10936
By: Zuhair Algerian
Saqi Books, London/Beirut, 2009
Topic: Memoirs - Iraq
Abstract: By the journalist Zuhair Algeria, personal writings on returning to Iraq, looking into the conditions of the country and its people, comparing the past and present, recalling places, friends, relatives. . .
$15.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 6850
By: Bill Clinton
Al Hiwar Athaqafi, Beirut (Intercultural), 2004
Topic: Biography
Abstract: Bill Clinton's biography, here in the Arabic language.
$35.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 6521
By: Dr.Salman Ibn Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz al-Saud
Saqi Books, Beirut, 2005
Topic: Historical Biography
Abstract: A very nice 3 vol. set in attractive box. Biography of King Saud Al Saud by his son Salman.
$75.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 9700
By: Bart Jones
Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, Beirut, 2008
Topic: Biography (Political)
Abstract: Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution', by Newsweek reporter Bart Jones, here translated to the Arabic language.
$20.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7481
By: Hussein al-Barghouthi
Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, Beirut, 2004
Topic: Autobiography
Abstract: Autobiography of the highly acclaimed Palestinian poet, essayist, and teacher Hussein al Barghouthi (1954-2002), in the Arabic language.
$8.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 9555
By: Pervez Musharraf
All-Prints Distributors , 2007
Topic: Biography - Memoir
Abstract: An in-depth reading about the life of Pakistani President, Pervez Musharraf; a written memoir by no other than himself.
Price: $30.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12258
By: Ala Bashir
Dar Al Shorouk, 2006
Topic: Memoirs-Politics
Abstract: "I Was Saddam's Doctor", memoirs written by Saddam Hussein's former doctor.
$15.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12365
By: Arthur Blok
Naufal, 2010
Topic: Biographies-Memoirs
Abstract: "Hidden in the Silence" Arthur Blok left Lebanon for adoption in the Netherlands in 1976, then returned in 2002 in search of his biological family. This honest and influential book is the story of a person overcoming the difficulties and hardships in search of his past, with certainty it leads a path to the future.
$12.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 9487
By: Yunan Labib Rizk
Dar Al Shorouk, 2008
Topic: Biography
Abstract: This book is an objective examination of the unprecedented King Fuad I., by Yunan Labib Rizk
$16.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7611
By: Stanley Meisler
All Prints Distributors & Publishers, Beirut, 2007 Ar Edition c2006
Topic: Biography
Abstract: Kofi Annan, A Man of Peace In A World of War, here translated to the Arabic language. Traces Annan's very unconventional rise from optimistic student to...full-time manager of the world's crises. B/W Photos included By: Stanley Meisler
$24.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 6775
By: Mai Ghoussoub
Saqi Books, Beirut, 2007
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: Wadaa'aan Beirout' As a tribute to Mai Ghoussoub, who died suddenly on 17 February 2007, Saqi reprinted her memoir, 'Leaving Beirut' in April 2007, which has been received with critical acclaim.
$11.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7401
By: Ibrahim Nasrallah
Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, Beirut, 2006
Topic: Autobiography
Abstract: 'Aqall Min Aduw-- Akthar Min Sadiq: al-Sirah al-Tairah' - Less Than An Enemy..More Than A Friend: The Flying Autobiography. By: Ibrahim Nasrallah
$12.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7034
By: Mahmoud al-Samra
Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, Beirut, 2006
Topic: Biography
Abstract: Biography by well known academic Mahmoud Al-Samra, detailing his rich experiences throughout his life, in the Arabic language.
$13.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11610
By: Jane Sasson, Translator: Fuad Zaitar
All Prints & Ditributors
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: Translated to the Arabic, "Love In a Torn Land". Bestselling author Jean Sasson tells the dramatic true story of a young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish people of Iraq.
$16.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 6269
By: Salma al-Haffar al-Kuzbari
Riad El Rayyes, Beirut
Topic: Biography
Abstract: Biography in the Arabic language. By: Salma al Haffar al Kuzbari
$20.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12473
By: Khalil Ahmad Khalil
Arab Cultural Center, 2010
Topic: Biographies-Political
Abstract: "With Kamal Jumblatt"
$12.50
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 6193
By: Compiled by: Kamel AlJourbouri
Librairie du Liban, 2002
Topic: Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Reference
Abstract: A huge and comprehensive work, detailed biographies for Arab poets over the span of 800 years. Compiled by: Kamel AlJourbouri
$38.00
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Softbound | Arabic | Product Code: 13024
By: Madeline Albright
ASP
Topic: Subject :Biography / Memoir/ Politics
Abstract: Madeline Albrights' memo to the president elect.
$15.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 5468
By: Akkad
Asriya
Topic: Biography
Abstract: Biography in the Arabic language. By: Akkad
$38.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12030
By: Kareem Thabit
Dar Al Shorouk, 2009
Topic: Biography-Memoirs
Abstract: "King of the End, Farooq as defined by the Memoirs of Kareem Thabit"
$15.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7169
By: Abdul Aziz al-Qassab
Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, Beirut, 2007
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: Memoirs, in the Arabic language - can be read as an important part of contemporary Iraqi history. By: Abdul Aziz al Qassab
$17.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11821
By: Liza Mundy
ASP,2009
Topic: Biography
Abstract: Michelle Obama A Biography By Liza Mundy
$15.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12595
By: Hisham al-Hadidi
Madbouly, 2010
Topic: Biographies-Current Affairs
Abstract: "Mohammad El Baradei: The Farmer who Confounded the World", about the Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, the Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), from December 1997 to November 2009. ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
$14.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 8155
By: Samir Amin
Saqi Books, Beirut, 2006
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: My Memoirs' Samir Amin's memoirs provide a fascinating insight into the personal and political life of one of the twentieth century's leading radical intellectuals.
$16.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11792
By: Abdullah Bin Hussein

Topic: Memoirs-Biography
Abstract: The Memoirs of King Abdullah Bin Hussein
$20.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 4958
By: Nawal al-Saadawi
Dar Al Adab, Beirut
Topic: Memoirs
Abstract: Memoirs from the Women's Prison' by Egyptian Nawal Al Saadawi. In meticulous detail and understated language, Saadawi describes nightmarish experiences in a tomb-like women's cell with other political prisoners-both intellectuals and Islamic fundamentalists, when she was imprisoned in 1981.
$12.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 6696
By: Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks
Arab Scientific Publishers, Beirut, 2004
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: A collaboration between brothers, a journal of their travels to exotic places, with personal memories brought to the present by the many sights they see. Translated to the Arabic. By: Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks
$17.95
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12605
By: Ihsan Raouf al-Bahrani
AIRP, 2011
Topic: Memoir - Iraqi (political and historical)
Abstract: "Impulses of Memory" a memoir by Iraqi Doctor Ihsan Raouf Al Bahrani. The doctor, who practiced medicine of the heart over half a century in Iraq, includes in this memoir changes and experiences from the last century monarchy, through and beyond the fall of the regime in 2003. Very good read reveal the many social and political changes through the years.
$20.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 6429
By: Mohamad Kannas
Dar Al Marefah Publishing, Beirut, 2005
Topic: Biography
Abstract: A well done work on the companion of the Prophet's Seera. A good biography on the Sahaba for those who want to be acquainted with them. By: Mohamad Kannas
$13.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7015
By: Farouq Yousef
Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, Beirut, 2007
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: A Diary of an Arab in Northern Europe. This award-winning book was written by an Iraqi resident in Sweden. By: Farouq Yousef
$9.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11683
By: Che Guevara
Al Moualef, 2010
Topic: Memoirs/Writings/Poetry/Politics
Abstract: This book contains info on Che as well as some of his writings and poems, includes photographs.
$15.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11987
By: Latifa Mohammed Salem
Dar Al Shorouk, 2008
Topic: Studies-Biographies-Political History-Egypt
Abstract: "Orabi and His Coleagues in the Committee of Adam A Documentary Study 1883-1901". An interesting and vivid account of Ahmed Orabi and his companions, exiled to the Island of Ceylon (called "The Adam", now Sri Lanka), under British occupation, after their rebellion against the Egyptian rulers and occupiers.
$10.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12423
By: Abdul Wahab al-Musayri
Dar Al Shorouk, 2009
Topic: Memoirs-Writings
Abstract: "My Intellectual Journey In Seeds, Roots and Fruits: Not a Autobiography, Not a Subjective Story"
$40.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 10263
By: Dr. Mouaffaq Bany al-Marjeh
Dar Al Bayarek, 1999
Topic: Islamic History - Biography
Abstract: A comprehensive study of Sultan Abdul Hameed II and the Islamic Caliphate.
$20.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 10709
By: Shekri Nasrallah
All Prints Distributors & Publishers, Beirut, 2009
Topic: A Diary, Lebanon, with political and government topics
Abstract: 'The good years - Unknown Pages from the days of exile in Paris', by Shekri Nasrallah. A Diary.
$15.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 9458
By: Husayn Husni
Dar Al Shorouk, 2001
Topic: Biography
Abstract: Written by his personal secretary, Husayn Husni, this book covers the years of King Faruq, with treasureful insights and history which are only known to very few.
$14.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12028
By: Yusif Sayigh
Riad El Rayyes, 2009
Topic: Biography-Memoirs
Abstract: "Incomplete Biography", by Yusif Sayigh.
$20.00
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Hardcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11892
By: Sanaa El Basy
Dar Al Shorouk, 2009
Topic: Biographies
Abstract: 55 personalities from the heart of Egypt
$32.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 7431
By: Suad al-Amri, Translated by Omar Saeed Ayyoubi
Dar Al Adab, Beirut, 2007
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: Sharon and Hamati - Memoranda of Ramallah' stories told from the aspect of the 2002 daily Israeli invasion of Ramallah, about heroic acts, neighbors, absurdity of everyday life, and barriers and obstructions.. By: Suad al Amri
$10.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 10932
By: Jean Makdisi
Saqi Books, London/Beirut 2009 Ar Edition c.1999/1990
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: In the Arabic, "Beirut Fragments: A War Memoir" by Jean Said Makdisi. As riviting and touching now as when it was originally published in 1990, when it was selected as the New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year.
$14.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 6504
By: Ibraheem
Saqi Books, Beirut, 2002
Topic: Memoir
Abstract: A collection of short expositions on his experiences with various people. By: Ibraheem
$7.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 6798
By: Muhammad Nazim
Dar Al Madar Al Islami, Beirut, 2005
Topic: Biography
Abstract: 'Al Sultan Mahmud Al Ghazni' (971-1030 CE) - A historical biography of the first ruler to carry the title Sultan. 'Mahmud Ghazni; His Life and Era', in the Arabic language. By: Muhammad Nazim
$15.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11704
By: Qudri Qalaji
All Prints And Distributors, 2002
Topic: Biographies-History
Abstract: This book takes a look at the lives of eight different heroes of the Arab world.
$14.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 6162
By: Hussein al-Barghouthi
Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, 2004
Topic: Biography or Memoir
Abstract: An Autobiography by Hussein al-Barghouthi, in the Arabic language By: Hussein Al-Barghouthi
$9.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11817
By: Ibrahim al-Aris
Dar Al Shorouq, 2009
Topic: Biography-Art
Abstract: "Yusuf Shahine: A Look At The Child And The Hands Of A Rebel", this book provides the first comprehensive analysis creative work of film maker Yusuf Shahin.
$18.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 4994
By: Suhail Idris
Dar Al Adab, Beirut, 2002
Topic: Autobiography
Abstract: Memories of Love and Literature' - autobiography by the Lebanese writer Suhail Idris
$8.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12403
By: Hazem Nusseibeh
Riad El Rayyes, 2010
Topic: Memoirs-Politics-Palestine
Abstract: "Jerusalemites: A Living Memory"
$25.00
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