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  • 21 grams
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    In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...

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    The 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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    In an apocalyptic near-future world, a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choi...

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Books

Books

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

Books  

  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Nasser Iraq

    The novel transports us to nineteenth-century Cairo and the Antikkhana, the first museum founded in Egypt in the time of the Khedive Ismail (1863-1879). The narrative unfolds through the eyes of four main characters. One is Ramadan al-Mahmadi, an Egyptian carpenter who lures housemaids with promises of marriage into stealing artefacts...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Maguib Mahfouz

    An epic novel that chronicles the dramatic history of the  al-Nagi family -- a family that  moves, over many generations, from the height of power  and glory to the depths of decadence and decay.  This new edition with re-designed cover is part of a special project to embrace, celebrate, and honor the...

    $48.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Self-help
    Author:  Dean Burnett

    One in four of us experience a mental health problem each year, with anxiety and depression alone affecting over 500 million people worldwide. Why are these conditions so widespread? What is it about modern life that has such an impact on our mental health? And why is there still so much confusion and stigma around these issues?...

    $43.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History
    Author:  Shakib Arslan

    A summary of the history of Islamic Spain when it was a place of science, arts, poetry, urbanization, and creative engineering. This was also the era of warring and frivolous emirs, which eventually led to the era's downfall.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Miral al-Tahawy

    The events of this novel are sandwiched between the suicide of Jamal, a young man torn between different identities, in the opening pages, and the suicide of Mimi, an African girl who has survived a massacre in her country, at the end of the novel. They take place in an imagined small town called Shining Sun on the southwestern border...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels, Historical fiction
    Author:  Naguib Mahfouz

    The time is 1942, World War II is at its height, and the Africa Campaign is raging along the northern coast of Egypt. Against this backdrop, Mahfouz’s novel tells the story of the Akifs, a middle-class family that has taken refuge in Cairo’s colorful and bustling Khan al-Khalili neighborhood. Believing that the German forces will...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Rabia Raihane

    The novel is set in Morocco in the first half of the twentieth century. Farida relates memories of her childhood and growing up in ‘the family house’ built by her grandfather Kabour, a strong, brave and chivalrous man.  Longlisted for the 2023 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF).

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Ahmad Abdulatif

    A dystopic allegory about the apocalypse, set in a nameless city of threads, or dolls, which might be a macabre projection of Cairo. The novel has a unique narrative and linguistic style, with frequent repeated refrains and a lack of punctuation when one of the characters speaks, reinforcing its uncanny, nightmarish quality. Longlisted for...

    $34.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Family
    Author:  Kevin Leman

    New York Times bestselling author Dr. Kevin Leman offers a practical action plan to redirect your child’s power surges into positive traits that will prepare your child for a successful, happy, and productive adult life. With these simple but effective techniques, you can transform your home from a daily battle zone to a safe and peaceful place.

    $34.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Self-help, Business
    Author:  Scott Miller

    The Wall Street Journal Bestseller available in Arabic. This is the essential guide for anyone making the challenging and rewarding leap to manager.  It focuses on how to lead yourself, people, teams, and change. 

    $24.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Sausan Jamil Hasan

    The novel explores Arab moral double standards which make the individual, women in particular, wear a false face and live as spectators of their own lives rather than autonomous players in them. The two names of the heroine of the novel (Jahida/Zayzafoune) serve to highlight these double standards. After a watershed moment in her life when she...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Family, Self-help
    Author:  Kevin Leman

    With humor, insight, and practical solutions, wives, mothers, and women everywhere learn how to manage the stress points in their lives: kids, career, husband, housework, money, and more.

    $26.95
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