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Serafin: reading..
germanTwo friends, Serafin and Plum, and a hamster named Hercules, find themselves in a strange town where they are not welcome because they...
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The Prophecy of ..
arabicEritrea is under Ethopian occupation and there's to be a revolution. The enslaved and followers who dream of freedom will rise up unde...
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Human Stain
arabicThe Arabic translation of Philip Roth's novel about Coleman Silk, the dean of faculty at a small liberal arts college who is accused o...
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One thousand and..
frenchA modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The tales&n...
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Advice from the ..
germanA collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
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There but for th..
arabicIt received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...
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Cilmiga Ciqaabta
somaliAn exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
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The Cholera Scare
somaliWhen cholera breaks out in the village, Sandra and Pato learn about treatment and prevention.
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Decent one
germanOn May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...
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Fear of Fifty: a..
arabicThe iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
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History of moder..
arabicA 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...
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The great Americ..
arabicAmerican universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
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Mandrake
arabicThe five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524. Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beau...
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I Don't Know Wha..
arabicSamy is very shy and doesn't like to talk to other people because it's scary and he doesn't know what to say. Now his little dog is lo...
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Abraham Lincoln
arabicA biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
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The Kindergarten..
hebrewThe story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ulitmately consumed, by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student...
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Historical fiction
For adults in all of Sawa's world languages.
Historical fiction
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Box of sand
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Aisha IbrahimIt is 1911 and Sandro Compartini has just graduated from the Journalism Institute in Milan. He boards a steamer as a soldier in the 84th Corps, sent from Italy to war in Libya. While stationed in a trench in the desert, he falls in love with a milk seller from Tripoli, but she and her younger brother are arrested and sent to the Italian penal...
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Mario and Abu Abbas
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Reem BassiouneyA novel set between the era of the Sufi Al-Mursi Abu Al-Abbas and the era of the Italian architect Mario Rossi. Despite the long time gap between the two characters and the events that accompanied them, the writer presents their lives and how the Italian architect, who built several mosques for the Egyptian Ministry of Endowments, met Al-Mursi...
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Alias Grace
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Margaret AtwoodGrace Marks, the convicted murderess, has been hired out from prison to serve as a domestic servant in the home of the Governor of the penitentiary. A committee of gentlemen and ladies from the Methodist church, led by the minister, hopes to have her pardoned and released. Grace cannot remember what happened on the day of the murders, and she...
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The Black tulip
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Alexandre DumasThe tulip craze of 17th century Holland has a dark side when Cornelius van Baerle, a wealthy but naìˆve tulip grower, finds himself entangled in the deadly politics of his time. Cornelius' one desire is to grow the perfect black tulip. But, after his godfather is murdered, he finds himself in prison, facing a death sentence. His jailer's lovely...
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The Familiars
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Stacey HallsRich and compelling, set against the frenzy of the real Pendle Hill Witch Trials, this novel explores the rights of 17th-century women and raises the question: Was witch-hunting really women-hunting? Fleetwood Shuttleworth, Alice Grey and the other characters are actual historical figures. King James I was obsessed with asserting power over the...
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The Treasurer
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Safaa al-JabriA man driven by a love for books rescues them from a burning library during a Tatar invasion. Despite exhaustion and injury, he sets out into the night with what books he can carry.
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The Book of lost names
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Kristin HarmelInspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young librarian with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this sweeping historical novel.
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Little Women (2 Volumes)
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Louisa May AlcottThe beloved coming-of-age novel was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. In keeping with the original, this Arabic translation is available in two volumes. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as they grow to adulthood.
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Stay alive : the Mustansirite hardship
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Ibrahim Ahmed EssaWhen the Nile waters dried up in the era of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah and famine spread, people were eating anything, alive or dead, and society lost its humanity and began to struggle for life. A historical novel based on the actual seven-year famine that occurred between 1064 and 1071 CE. Around 40,000 people are estimated to have...
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Calamity of the nobility
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Amira GhenimRelates an important, untold story from Tunisia’s contemporary history. Its hero is the historical figure, the reformer El-Taher El-Haddad. Although historical references do not mention anything about his relationship with women, except for his desperate defence of them, the author adds an imaginary love affair with a woman called Lella...
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Lifeboat No. 8 : an untold story of love,...
Language: Arabic, EnglishSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Elizabeth KayeReveals the extraordinary, little-known story behind one of the first lifeboats to leave the doomed ship. Told in real time and in the actual voices of survivors, this poignant, pulse-pounding narrative includes the story of the Countess of Rothes, the wealthiest woman on the ship, bound for California, where she and her husband...
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Al-Warraq
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Youssef ZiedanIbn al-Nafis was an Arab polymath who made significant contributions to the early knowledge of pulmonary circulation. During his 80 yeras of life, he witnessed the Crusades, fierce clashes between warring tribes, the Mongol invasion of Baghdad, and more. Despite all this turmoil, Ibn al-Nafis continued to write about medicine....
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