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A great selection of books in English, including fiction from the Arab &/or Muslim world. This page is sorted by Author's First Name.

Softcover | English | Product Code: 10800
By: Aamer Hussein
Telegram, London, 2009
Topic: Novel
Abstract: A novel by the Pakistani author Aamer Hussein - A beautiful account of a marriage that is in turns wry and unashamedly romantic. "subtle, evocative, skilled" - Joseph Olshan.
$12.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4544
By: Aamer Hussein
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Turquoise illuminates the passions and fears of a world more complex and more beautiful than the media images of Islam and Pakistan convey. By: Aamer Hussein
$10.00
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Softcover | Arabic-English | Product Code: 10746
By: Abdul Wahab AlBayati, Translated by Bassam K. Frangieh
Georgetown University Press, Washington DC, 2004
Topic: Arabic Poetry, Contemporary, Bi-lingual edition
Abstract: Baghdad born poet Abdul Wahab al-Bayati broke with over fifteen centuries of Arabic poetic tradition to write in free verse and became world famous in the process. A rare, bilingual facing-page edition in the original Arabic and excellent English translation.
$24.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 6914
By: Adrian Michael Kelly
Telegram, Beirut, 2007
Topic: Novel
Abstract: A gripping, often funny tale of a boy coming to terms with his bewildering loss. By: Adrian Michael Kelly
$15.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5872
By: Adunis ( Adonis , Adounis )
Saqi Books, 2005
Topic: Sufism
Abstract: In this remarkable book, Adonis, one of the Arab world's greatest living poets, set forth the peculiar convergence of ideas running through Sufism and Surrealism.
$15.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5851
By: Ahlam Mosteghanemi
The American University in Cairo Press, 2004
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature By: Ahlam Mosteghanemi
$15.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4541
By: Ahmed Abodehman
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: This is an honest and enchanting coming-of-age story, and a dialogue between old and new. This book also challenges conventional perceptions of the region. By: Ahmed Abodehman
$12.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 11893
By: Aisha Othman
Author House, 2010
Topic: Islamic Poetry
Abstract: Islamic Poetry
$14.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 11731
By: Akbar Ahmed
Saqi, 2009
Topic: Literature
Abstract: "Noor" is the tale of three brothers attempting to rescue their sister Noor, who has been kidnapped during Ramadan. Each brother represents a different ideological position in the contemporary Islamic world; the play could be set in Baghdad but also in Cairo, Karachi or Kabul. "The Trial of Dara Shikoh" tells the story of the eldest son of 17th century Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Heir apparent, Dara Shikoh is a learned scholar with a strong belief in the unity of different faiths: Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity and Judaism.
$15.95
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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 5871
By: Alaa al-Aswany
The American University in Cairo Press, 2005
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Alaa Al Aswany's novel caused an unprecedented stir when it was first published in 2002 and has remained the world's best selling novel in the Arabic language since.
$22.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 7449
By: Alayna Munce
Telegram, London, 2007
Topic: Novel
Abstract: This sharply observed, funny, shape-shifting book weaves together voices, lists, and diary entries in a story of one family, in all its ordinary complexity. By: Alayna Munce
$14.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4542
By: Ammar Abdulhamid
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: This novel explores contemporary themes related to sexuality, self-realization and repression within a religious framework. By: Ammar Abdulhamid
$12.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 6634
By: Anna Wilson, Editor
Saqi Books, London, 2006
Topic: Essays & Interviews
Abstract: A collection of writings and drawings from some of the world's leading authors and artists for the children in Lebanon.
$18.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 10975
By: Anne-Marie Drosso
Telegram, London, 2009
Topic: Novel
Abstract: In the English, a novel by Anne-Marie Drosso. A deft and delicate story of two sisters growning up in Cairo.
$13.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 11698
By: Bahaa Taher
The American University in Cairo Press, 2004
Topic: Literature-Novel
Abstract: In Love In Exile Bahaa Taher presents multilayered variations on the themes of exile, disillusionment, failed dreams, and the redemptive power of love. Unwilling to recant his Nasseris beliefs, the unnamed narrator is an Egyptian journalist in a self-imposed exile in Europe after conflict with the mangement of his newspaper and a divorce from his wife. Absorbed in introspection over his impotent position at the paper and ill health, he suddenly finds himself faced with two issues he cannot ignore: the escalating tensions in Israeli-occupied Lebanon and, more personnally, an unecpected love afair with a much younger Austrian woman, Brigitte.
$12.50
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 6822
By: Benoit Duteurtre
Telegram, Beirut, 2007
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Young French author, Benoit Duteurtre, creates a world disconcertingly close to our own, yet wildly askew in this daring and antic comedy.
$12.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 12507
By: Bi Feiyu
Telegram, 2010
Topic:
Abstract: Three sisters struggle to change the course of their destinies in a China that does not belong to them. Yumi uses her dignity, Yuxiu her seductive charms, and Yuyang her desire for success.
$15.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 7512
By: Bi Feiyu, Translated By: Howard Goldblatt.
Telegram, 2007
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Peking Opera, this devastating portrait shows the extent to which a desperate woman will embrace an exalted image of herself in an effort to flee earthly concerns.
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 6852
By: Chingiz Aitmatov
Telegram, Beirut, 2007
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The most beautiful love story in the world'-Louis Aragon. By: Chingiz Aitmatov
$11.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 6452
By: Compilation / Lena Jayyusi
The American University in Cairo Press, 1999
Topic: Folklore
Abstract: An Arab Folk Epic
$24.95
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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 10821
By: Dania Alkhouli
Seven Locks Press, Santa Ana, California, 2009
Topic: Poetry
Abstract: 91 at 19 is the maiden debut of Dania Alkhouli's penetrating poetry.
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 11699
By: David Foenkinos
Telegram, 2008
Topic: Literature-Novel-Humor
Abstract: Having collected, among other things, cocktail sticks, electoral campaing badges, paintings of moored ships, rabits' feet, noises at five in the mroning, the labels on melons, birds' eggs and hangmen's nooses, Hector falls in love. Blissfully married, he turns his back on his old habits, only to become obsessed with watching his wife Brigitte washing windows. And so begins his new infatuation, collecting (and recollecting) beautiful moments spent observing his wife's every move.
$10.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 10677
By: David Tresilian
Saqi Books, Beirut, 2008
Topic: Literary Studies
Abstract: This brief introduction offers a unique overview, focusing on developments over the last fifty years. It provides a guide to the literary landscape, indicating the major landmarks in the shape of authors, ideas and debates.
$11.95
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Softcover | English and Arabic | Product Code: 5781
By: Dr. Abdul-Kareem al-Heitty
Al Rayan, Beirut
Topic: Poetry
Abstract: A critical study of the contribution to literature of free women and slave-girls under the early Abbasid Caliphate. Their Biographies and surviving works. In the Arabic and in the English languages. By: Dr. Abdul-Kareem al Heitty
$14.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 6922
By: Eduardo Mendoza
Telegram, Beirut, 2007 c1990
Topic: Novel
Abstract: No Word From Gurb is a riotous satire highlighting the contradictions of Western society in a lively, intelligent and sweetly ironic way. By: Eduardo Mendoza
$10.50
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 10713
By: Emily Nasrallah, Translated by: Issa J. Boullata
Naufal Group, Beirut, 2006
Topic: Novel
Abstract: 'Al Iklaa Aks Az Zaman', here translated to the English, award winning Lebanese author Emily Nasrallah skillfully weaves truth and imagination to create a story rich in human emotion and psychological insight.
$9.50
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 11860
By: Gamal al-Ghitani
AUC, 2006
Topic: Literature-Novel-Prose
Abstract: "In the course of my long travels I have never seen a city so devastated. After a long time I ventured out into the streets. Death, cold and heavy, hung in the air. Walls have no value here, doors have been eliminated. No one is certain that they will see another day." The Egypt of the Mamluk dynasty witnessed a period of artistic ostentation and social and political upheaval, at the heart of which lay the unsolved question of the ruler's legitimacy. Now, in 1516, the Mamluk reign is coming to an end with the advance of the invading. Ottomans. The numerous narrators, among them a Venetian traveler and several native Muslims, tell the story of the rise to power of the ruthless, enigmatic, and puritanical governor of Cairo, Zayni Barakat ibn Musa, whose control of the corrupt city is effected only through a complicated network of spies and informers.
$14.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 8187
By: Ghazi al-Gosaibi
Saqi Books, Beirut, 2002 En Edition c1988
Topic: Novel
Abstract: A Love Story is a poignant reflection on passionate, enduring love and the joys and tragedies of life. Translated from the Arabic. By: Ghazi al Gosaibi
$12.00
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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 4539
By: Ghazi al-Gosaibi
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Seven is a daring novel in both form and content. Here in the English language. By: Ghazi Al Ghosaibi
$22.50
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 12506
By: Group of authors with editing by Angelika Neuwirth, Andreas Pflitsch and Barbara Winckler
Saqi, 2010
Topic: Arabic Literature Studies
Abstract: "Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives" introduces the work of twenty-nine pivotal authors from the Arab world writing in Arabic, English, French, and Hebrew.
$28.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 10801
By: Hassan Daoud, Translated by Michael K. Scott
Saqi Books, London, 2008
Topic: Novel, Lebanese (translated from the Arabic)
Abstract: Translated from the Arabic, a novel by Lebanese author Hassan Daoud. "Daoud's writing is elegant, laconic and often very funny."-The Times (London)
$14.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 7446
By: Hassan Daoud, Translated By: Randa Jarrar
Telegram, Beirut, 2007 (2006 Ar Edition)
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Lebanese author Hassan Daoud's novel, translated to the English. A poignant, wry portrait of a 1960s Beirut as it burgeons into the future.
$13.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4554
By: Ibrahim Yared
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: A short book by Ibrahim Yared. By: Ibrahim Yared
$12.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4540
By: Ibrahim Yared
Saqi Books, Beirut, 2002
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The small boy was trying to climb over the wall surrounding the labyrinth that he wanted to leave, when he heard the elderly people back home shouting and telling him to go back to bed...Translated to the English, a novel by Egyptian writer Ibrahim Yared.
$8.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5829
By: Jasper Joffe
Telegram, 2006
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Surprisingly readable - the frivolity of a youthful modern-times columnist. . . By: Jasper Joffe
$14.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4556
By: Judith Kazantzis
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Raw emotion explodes on every page. A book by Judith Kazantzis.
$18.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5832
By: Judith Mok
Telegram, 2006
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Gael is a superbly crafter account of a fatal and fatalistic voyage into the dark, obsessive heart...' - Dermot Bolger. By: Judith Mok
$14.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 6411
By: Kay MacCauley
Telegram Books, London, 2006
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Teeming with fantastical characters and extravagant scenes from sixteenth-century Venice, The Man Who Was Loved is a deeply affecting tale of love, avarice and intrigue. By: Kay MacCauley
$17.75
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 10744
By: Khaled al-Khamissi, Translated by Jonathan Wright
Dar Al Shorouk, Egypt, 2008 Ar Edition c.2007
Topic: Arabic Literature - Novel - Social Commentary
Abstract: Translated from the Arabic, Khaled al Khamissi has written a novel bringing together fictional dialogues with Cairo's cabbies - "Taxi's brilliance is that it captures the point at which cabs cease to be just a means of transportation and instead become a space for debate and exchange" - Foreign Policy
$14.95
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 11696
By: Latifa al-Zayyat
The American University in Cairo Press, 2002
Topic: Literature-Novel
Abstract: The Open Door is a landmark of women's writing in Arabic; published in 1960 it was very bold for its time in exploring a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age, in the context of the Egyptian nationalist movement preceding the 1952 revolution. The novel traces the pressures on young women and men of that time and class as they seek to free themselves of family control and social expectations. Young Layla and her brother become involved in the student activism of the 1940s and early 1950s and in the popular resistance to continued imperialist rule; the story culminates when Adb Al Nasser's nationalization of the canal led to a British, French, and Israeli invasion. Not only daring in her themes, Al Zayyat was also bold in her use of colloquial Arabic, and the novel contains some of the liveliest dialogue in modern Arabic literature.
$15.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4548
By: Maggie Gee
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Light Years is about zoos and the zodiac; the seasons and the stars; and how humans see the natural world. By: Maggie Gee
$18.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4547
By: Maggie Gee
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: This ambitious, groundbreaking novel takes on the taboo subject of racial hatred as it looks for the roots of violence within the family and British society. By: Maggie Gee
$15.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4555
By: Maggie Gee
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: One of Maggie Gee's best books yet.
$18.00
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Softcover | Arabic | Product Code: 12327
By: Maggie Gee
Telegram, 2006
Topic: Literature-Drama
Abstract: Ugandan Mary Tendo worked for many years in the white middle-class Henman household in London, cleaning for Vanessa and looking after her only child
$14.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 7457
By: Mai Ghoussoub, Edited by Rebecca O'Connor
Saqi Books, Beirut, 2008
Topic: Writings
Abstract: Writings of the Lebanese writer and artist Mai Ghoussoub (1952-2007), here in the English language.
$17.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 10976
By: Marc Phillips
Telegram, London, 2009
Topic: Novel
Abstract: In the English, a novel by Marc Phillips. A magical tale that sparkles with humanity and humour.
$13.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 12508
By: Mischa Hiller
Telegram, 2010
Topic:
Abstract: It is the summer of 1982 and Beirut is under siege. Eighteen-year-old Ivan's parents have just been evacuated from the city with other members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
$15.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4545
By: Mohamed Choukri
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: ...throughout Choukri's trails and vicissitudes, two things shine through: Choukri's determination to use literacy to rise above the cruel hand fate has dealt him; and his compassion for the normally despised human beings who share this life of 'the lowest of the low'...
$11.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4557
By: Moris Farhi
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Morris Farhi shames the willed littleness of British fiction with this novel.
$16.00
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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 10726
By: Moris Farhi
Telegram, 2009
Topic: Novel
Abstract: By the acclaimed Turkish writer Moris Farhi. 'A compelling story of love, jealousy and the desire for power.' - Elaine Feinstein
$21.50
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4546
By: Moris Farhi
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: A modern-day Nostromo taking us through a season in the Hell of South America. By: Moris Farhi
$20.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4569
By: Nawal al-Saadawi
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: This novel confronts major issues and questions concerning a woman's role and position in a repressive, patriarchal order. By: Nawal Al Saadawi
$10.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 8190
By: Nawal El Saadawi
Saqi Books, London, 2005 Edition
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Two Women in One is the story of countless women in the Third World, and speaks of their quest for emancipation and dignity. Translated from the Arabic. By: Nawal El Saadawi
$11.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 8191
By: Nawal El Saadawi
Saqi Books, London, 2002 Edition
Topic: Novel
Abstract: 'Egypt's foremost feminist writer confronts the role of women in Muslim society.' Publishers Weekly ' Translated from the Arabic. By: Nawal El Saadawi
$13.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 8189
By: Nawal El Saadawi
Saqi Books, London, 2000 Edition
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Rebelling against the constraints of family and society, a young Egyptian woman decides to study medicine, becoming the only woman in a class of men. (Translated from Arabic, 1st published in serialized form in 1957) By: Nawal El Saadawi
$11.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 11730
By: Nawal El Saadawi
Saqi, 2009
Topic: Literature-Novel
Abstract: Two of Nawal Saadawi's stories translated to English; "God Resigns At The Summit Meeting" and "Isis", both of these stories incorporate key themes to El Saadawi's work: that all societies are inimical to women and the poor, that the oppression of women is reprehensible ane not uniquely of the Middle East of the "third world".
$15.95
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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 11729
By: Pauline Melville
Telegram, 2009
Topic: Literature-Novel
Abstract: Ella de Vries, a stunning obsedian-eyed beauty who dance with the Royal Ballet, falls in love with Donny McLeod, a Dionysiac rebel and free spirit who "believes in nothing". It is the 1970s. They move into a household of political radicals and become casually drawn into extremism. Special Branch infiltration leads to a violent crime that sends Ella into self-imposed exile in Brazil. Donny goes wandering. Over thirty years later Ella returns. The economy is in freefall. A new kind of terrorist is active. The unruly nature of love reunites her with a former housemate torn over whether to make common cause with Islamic extremists in attacking a bank, the final outcome is as shocking as it is unexpected. Comic and frightning, satirical and poetic.
$25.00
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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 4543
By: Pauline Neville
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: In Double Vision Neville skillfully transports us into her heroine's colorful and enchanting fantasy world and introduces us to an ancient and proud civilization. By: Pauline Neville
$15.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4520
By: Percy Kemp
Saqi Books, Beirut
Topic: Novel
Abstract: An infamous Islamic militant defects and becomes British Intelligence's single most important source of information about global terrorism. By: Percy Kemp.
$18.00
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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 11803
By: Rafik Schami
The American University In Cairo Press, 2009
Topic: Literature-Novel
Abstract: Damascus, 1969: above St Paul's Chapel, a body hangs in a basket over the city wall. The corpse is that of a hihg-ranking Muslim officer, and soon the Secret Service takes over the case. But Detective Barudi is not content to let this mystery disappear. Alone, he begins to unravel a clan war that has dominated the lives of three generations. At its heart lies the story of Rana Shahin and Farid Mushtak, two lovers whose struggle to be united must overcome old tribal structures, and their country's history and politcs. "The Dark Side Of Love" is a mosaic of stories; each piece has an individual shape and color, and together they make up a dazzling whole, as the tales of three generations of lovers are set against a century of Syria's turbulent history, in a panoramic view of its religious and political conflicts.
$30.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5827
By: Randa Ghazy
The American University In Cairo Press, 2003
Topic: Novel
Abstract: A work of astonishing insight that takes us into the hearts and lives of a group of young people caught up in the Palestinian drive for independence By: Randa Ghazy
$11.50
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Softcover | Arabic-English | Product Code: 10702
By: Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman
Saqi Books, Beirut, 2008
Topic: Short Stories - A Bilingual Reader
Abstract: Designed as a reader for intermediate students of Arabic and those who may wish to broaden their appreciation of leading Middle Eastern writers, this collection features stories in both Arabic and English translation. Prefaced by an author biography plus notes on context and background, each story is followed by a glossary and discussion of problematic language points.
$21.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 12509
By: Ronald Frame
Telegram, 2010
Topic:
Abstract: Mariel Baxter, a famous American soprano, has suddenly cancelled all her recitals and flown to Vienna. In the 1980s she came to the city to study the art of lieder singing with the reclusive Ursule Kroll, one of the brightest stars of the Nazi era and a favorite of the Fuhrer himself.
$15.50
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 7511
By: Sjon
Telegram, Beirut, 2008 Eng Edition c2004
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Winner of the Nordic Literary Prize and nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize. . .a spellbinding fable that is part mystery, part fairy tale. By: Sjon
$12.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 8188
By: Tawfik al-Hakim
Saqi Books, London, 2005
Topic: Novel
Abstract: 'touching and yet savagely funny.' The Bookseller 'a satirical tale of country life under a repressive and far-away Cairo legal system.' (Literary Review) Translated from Arabic. By: Tawfik al Hakim
$11.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 7921
By: Tirdad Zolghadr
Telegram, Beirut, 2007
Topic: Novel
Abstract: The most surprising novel I've read in years. Entertainingly packaged as a bizarre thriller, it comes from the most unexpected corner of the world. A great way to learn something about Tehran today'. - Andrei Kurkov By: Tirdad Zolghadr
$13.00
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 10738
By: Walter John de la Mare
Telegram, London
Topic: Novel
Abstract: By Walter John de la Mare ( 1873 - 1956), the English poet, short story writer and novelist. This classic 1921 novel, Memoirs of a Midget, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
$16.95
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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5843
By: Yusef Idris
The American University in Cairo Press, 2004
Topic: Novel
Abstract: Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature By: Yusef Idris
$14.95
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