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Together: the r...
arabicThis thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil societ..
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Stories of the ...
arabicProvides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciati..
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Fear of Fifty: ...
arabicThe iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and motherh..
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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 of..
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Little Biscuit ...
arabicA delightful story collection by the beloved, award-winning Chinese children's author, Zheng Chunhua. These stories center around a lit..
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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 p..
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Woody Allen on ...
arabicIn this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his films..
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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 WWII..
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The great Ameri...
arabicAmerican universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&nb..
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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 ea..
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Decision points...
arabicGeorge W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Oval..
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I Don't Know Wh...
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 los..
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Origin of Things
arabicAn interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultur..
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Elling
arabicTranslated from the Norwegian and with a movie by the same name that was nominated for an Oscar, this is an eccentric and truly funny n..
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Culture
arabicTerry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil societ..
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Where is my fri...
arabicA little girl walks angrily through the park dragging an old purse. Every now and then she stops and yells "Is this how it is?" F..
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Books, movies, and music in the Arabic language.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13Author: Jeff KinneyAfter a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst...
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The Admiral Doesn't Like Tea
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Nizar Abdul SattarIn early 1850, the steamer 'Clive', coming from Bombay, abandoned five chests of tea in the port of Basra, where Admiral Lancaster was serving his sentence of exile. The policy of promoting tea begins in parallel with a series of assassinations of Dutch coffee dealers, until tea became the number one drink in southern Iraq. This novel is...
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The Antikkhana
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Nasser IraqThe 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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The Harafish
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Maguib MahfouzAn 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...
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Psycho-Logical: why mental health goes wrong
Language: ArabicSubject: Self-helpAuthor: Dean BurnettOne 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?...
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A Brief History of Andalusia
Language: ArabicSubject: HistoryAuthor: Shakib ArslanA 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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Days of the Shining Sun
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Miral al-TahawyThe 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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Khan al-Khalili
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Naguib MahfouzThe 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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Family House
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Rabia RaihaneThe 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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Bar Lialina
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Ahmed El-FakharanyIn this satirical novel, the protagonist Nuh Al-Rahimi resorts to trickery to gain admittance to Bar Lialina, frequented by the cultural elite. He hopes that through emulating them, he will discover what makes them so intelligent, while he by contrast is an ignoramus with inferior creative ability. When his ruse is discovered, he is cruelly...
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They All Say I Love You
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: May TelmissanyWith a quiet humor, this novel gets under the skin of five middle-aged, middle class Arab intellectuals living in Canada and America, following the twists and turns of their love lives as they question their choices in life and reflect on (un)faithfulness in romantic relationships. Longlisted for the 2023 International Prize for Arabic...
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Ages of Daniel in the City of Threads
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Ahmad AbdulatifA 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...
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