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Ferdydurke
arabicWhen it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
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Dora Bruder
arabicBy the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, this is the haunting novella, based on the true story of a Jewish teenager in WWI...
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Victoria
germanThis film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one sin...
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Thus Spoke Zarat..
arabicNietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his...
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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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Woody Allen on W..
arabicIn this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his film...
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Sophie's misfort..
frenchSophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...
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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 story o...
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Pearl Button
spanishMasterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
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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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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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TED Talks : offi..
germanChris Anderson, the head of TED, presents an insider's guide to crafting the perfect talk. Discover the power of the spoken word to ch...
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The Federalist P..
arabicThis collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
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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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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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G : a novel
arabicWinner of both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Booker Prize, this is the story of a "Don Juan" lover of women during the e...
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Top speed zero: inspired by true events
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Ashraf al-AshmawiTells the story of an Egyptian family that lived in the Garden City neighborhood in Cairo many years before the July Revolution and suffered for many years after it, strange events and complex characters whose fates were intertwined until the end, and between truth and fiction, Al-Ashmawy narrates the threads of the story and weaves its chapters...
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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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They are waiting for dawn
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Jan DostA new novel by the Syrian author who now resides in Germany. He has won several awards including the Kurdish Cultural Institute Award in Austria 2021, the Mam and Zain Cultural Festival Award in Iraq 2021, and the Short Story Award in Syria in 1993.
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The Hungarian
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Rouchdi RedouaneAgainst the turmoil of the Second World War, the fates of two men from different backgrounds collide: Gino Matyoush, a piano player from a town in the Hungarian countryside, and Masoud, a flute player from a small town in Algeria, fleeing from forced conscription by the colonial powers. Longlisted for 2022 IPAF.
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Nearly every day
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Mohammed Abdel NabiJust before turning 40, Fouad decides to get rid of 30 years’ worth of diaries in an effort to free himself of the past and start a new life. However, in browsing through the journals, he instead embarks upon a final writing project. Years go by and the project is uncompleted, until a group of ghosts arrive to lend their assistance,...
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The Idols
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Amin ZaouiPortrays the loving relationship between two brothers. The younger brother, Humaymid, fiercely defends his older sibling Mahdi, a fragile young man who is assassinated in mysterious circumstances by an Islamic terrorist group in Algiers University. A religious charity working with the terrorist group moves his body by night to the “city of...
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I heard everything
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Sara AlsarrafTwo narrative voices: Ishtar, a young girl who lost her parents in an accident and documents her thoughts in a diary; and her maternal aunt Aida, a journalist, who has a love affair with her boss, Abbas. Through their eyes, the atmosphere of 1980s Iraq is brought to life, spanning the turbulent years of the Iran-Iraq war to the harmonious...
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Spice circle
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Salha ObeidThe heroine of the novel belongs to a family of spice traders. Those close to her realise that she is able to distinguish the various elements of spices with remarkable accuracy, and with this powerful sense of smell she also judges people based on their scent. One day a man who was a forbidden friend during childhood suddenly appears to ask for...
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Gambling on the honor of Lady Mitzi
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Ahmad al-MorsiThis novel transports us back to the beginning of the last century in Egypt through the absorbing stories of four people who meet at a racecourse: a boy forced to become a jockey; an English lady who buys his horse, having seen in the young boy the image of her deceased son; a bookmaker; and a retired policeman who places bets to pay for his...
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Shuggie Bain
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Douglas StuartThe heartbreaking story of addiction love features a young boy with a secret who struggles to take care of his alcoholic mother in 1980s Scotland. Winner of The 2020 Booker Prize.
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Suleima's ring
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Rima BaliUnfolding across Aleppo and Toledo, the novel tells the interwoven stories of half Spanish, half Jewish photographer Lucas and Syrian protagonist Selma. Switching between multiple narrators, it explores the relationships between Selma and Shams al-Din – an Italian musician living in Aleppo with whom she is infatuated – along with...
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Foumbi
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Badriya AlbadriSet in Congo under Belgian colonial rule between the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. According to African legend, the white man is a “foumbi”, a spirit or ghost, fleeing from the grasp of Satan after stealing the ghost’s colour. He is an ugly creature who has been beautified to make him...
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