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    Translated from the Norwegian and with a movie by the same name that was nominated for an Oscar, this is an eccentric and truly funny ...

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    Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...

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  • Genaro Reyes is a student who falls in with the wrong crowd.  He goes on a drinking binge with his "friends" and ends up in a com...

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  • Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth.  Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...

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  • A 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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  • A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...

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    Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010.  In a courageous a...

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  • Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...

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  • Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...

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  • The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...

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  • Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...

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  • Eritrea 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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Books

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Books for adults and children in all of Sawa's world languages

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10
    Author:  Samah Abu Bakr Ezzat

    One morning, while Karim was on his way to school, his bike hit a stone in the road, causing him to fall to the ground in pain. Eyad quickly ran towards him, laughing. He didn't extend his hand to help him, but rather to take a selfie of them together. Eyad immediately posted the selfie with Karim on his Facebook page, where it garnered a large...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Teen/YA
    Author:  Deena Mohamed

    In the third and final part of the trilogy, we return to Shokry, the owner of the kiosk selling the three first-class wishes, who has finally paid off his debts. Shokry has always considered wishes to be blasphemous, but his faith is about to be tested when he discovers that his friend, an old woman from the neighbourhood, is dying from cancer....

    $33.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 11-13
    Author:  Rachel Renee Russell

    Nikki Maxwell develops a sudden interest in student journalism that may or may not (okay, definitely does) have to do with the fact that mean girl MacKenzie has started writing a gossip column. So Nikki joins the school newspaper staff—and ends up as an advice columnist! It’s fun at first, answering other kids’ letters. But...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin

    A Russian artist living in Sudan, who gathers a group of young Sudanese men around him and teaches them art at university. The human relationships between them are analyzed in the novel. The artist leaves Sudan, leaving his students to live their own story as they struggle with their environment and authority.

    $34.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History, Literature, Politics, Religion
    Author:  Chase F. Robinson

    Religious thinkers, political leaders, lawmakers, writers, and philosophers have shaped the 1,400-year-long development of the world's second-largest religion. But who were these people? The author traces the rise and fall of Islamic states through the biographies of political and military leaders who worked to secure peace or expand their...

    $36.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Patricia Highsmith

    The psychological thriller about two men whose lives become entangled after one of them proposes they "trade" murders. Originally published in 1950, it was adapted as a film in 1951 by Alfred Hitchcock.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Poetry, Reference
    Author:  Dr. Najmah Rajai

    Salvation is an ancient human aspiration for which poets have composed the most sincere poems. It is the goal of the soul, yearning to break the shackles and tear off the chains that prevent it from soaring in the realm of freedom. To express this aspiration, the contemporary poet has turned to myth. This book examines some of these poems...

    $21.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Short Stories
    Author:  Naguib Mahfouz

    In this fantasy novel Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz weaves the story of Shahryar and Scheherezade in his own way. He mixes the worlds of humans and demons in a magical fabric of tales that incite philosophical contemplation and arouse astonishment.

    $26.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels, Historical fiction
    Author:  Kristin Harmel

    Inspired 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.

    $36.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Rachid Boudjedra

    In 1950s Algeria, still scarred by anti-Semitic purges, the War of Independence plunged the country into violence and bloodshed. Witnessing this wreckage, the narrator recalls his childhood spent between Algiers and Constantine, where French troops paraded and killed.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Ahmad Zanati

    Winner of the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity 2016.

    $24.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels, Historical fiction
    Author:  Louisa May Alcott

    The 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. 

    $44.95
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