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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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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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Big history and ..
arabicAvailable in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
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Accidental
arabicPreviously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...
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Together: the ri..
arabicThis thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...
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Stories of Famou..
arabicBrief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
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21 grams
arabicIn 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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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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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 cultu...
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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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Diaries
arabicIntroduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
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Caballero
frenchGenaro 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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Notes: Clan War ..
somaliThe author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan m...
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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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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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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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Dictionary of Medicinal Plants and Herbs
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Bastard of Istanbul
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Elif ShafakThe author was accused of insulting Turkey for writing this book and nearly went to prison. It tells the story of two families, one Turkish and one Armenian-American, as they struggle to forge their identities against the backdrop of Turkey's violent history.
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Scheherazade
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School of Idiots
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Tawfiq al-HakimA collection of short stories by a pioneer in Arabic fiction and drama. Tawfik al-Hakim was a prominent Egyptian novelist and playwright. His works are classics.
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People of the Cave
Language: ArabicSubject: LiteratureAuthor: Tawfiq al-HakimOriginally published in 1933, this play was hailed in literary circles as a landmark in Egyptian drama. Based on the legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, it tells the story of three men and a dog, all of whom sleep for 300 years, in a cave, after fleeing religious persecution and seeking refuge there from a tyrant. They wake up and...
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Fate of a Cockroach
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Sparrow from the East
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Tawfiq al-HakimOriginally published in 1938, this classic novel by the Egyptian author tells the story of Muhsin, who is living abroad in Paris, and his relationships with Europeans and French society. Prevalent throughout the novel is the juxtaposition of "us" and the "other", realists and dreamers, and East and West.
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Donkeys
Language: ArabicSubject: LiteratureAuthor: Tawfiq al-HakimIs it better to be a donkey or a man? That is the question explored in this play that is a comedic criticism of Egyptian society by the ever popular Tawfiq al-Hakim.
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Animal Farm
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: George OrwellThe classic novella of political satire by George Orwell was banned in Eastern Bloc countries until 1989, and in the West, is considered one of the best novels of the 20th century. This is a new Arabic edition.
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The Merchant of Venice
Language: Arabic, EnglishSubject: LiteratureAuthor: William ShakespeareConsidered one of Shakespeare's great comedies, this play is also known for several dramatic scenes. Written in the 16th century, it tells of a merchant in Venice who defaults on a loan from a Jewish moneylender. Bilingual in Arabic and English.
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Macbeth
Language: Arabic, EnglishSubject: LiteratureAuthor: William ShakespeareThe classic Shakespeare tragedy in Arabic and English.
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The Catcher in the Rye
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Teen/YAAuthor: J.D. SalingerJ.D. Salinger's classic novel of teenage angst and alienation was originally published in 1951, and has since sold more than 65 million copies.
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