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Taxi
persianInternationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous a...
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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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A girl walks hom..
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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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Bird Box
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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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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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History of moder..
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Wanted 18
hebrewThrough a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...
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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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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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Stories of the G..
arabicProvides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
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The great Americ..
arabicAmerican universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
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I Don't Know Wha..
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 lo...
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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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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 ...
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Princesses: Aishah and Sukaynah
Language: ArabicSubject: Historical fictionAuthor: Mutayyam JamalA sweeping fictional biography of two of the most prominent women in the Umayyad Era. Aisha Bint Talha and Sukaina Bint al-Hussein were both from prominent political families in the Caliphate. They were among the first women to hold literary salons in the Middle Ages to welcome nobles, scholars, writers, and poets. This novel reveals...
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2084: the Last Arab Tale
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Cat among the Pigeons
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Agatha ChristieOriginally published in 1959, this mystery finds the beloved Hercule Poirot investigating a murder at a private girls' school in England. Can Poirot find the killer before the killer murders the young student who hired him?
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At Bertram's Hotel
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Agatha ChristieOriginally published in 1965, this mystery, featuring Miss Marple, finds the intrepid sleuth on vacation at an old-fashioned London hotel where an eccentric guest sets of an unexpected, and violent, chain of events.
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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
Language: ArabicSubject: LiteratureAuthor: Tawfiq al-HakimOriginally published in 1934, this is a surreal drama that takes place after the famous narrator of the Thousand and One nights has completed her stories and is now the wife of King Shahrayar. The king embarks on the ultimate quest for knowledge that ultimately leads back to Scheherazade as the source of life.
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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
Language: ArabicSubject: LiteratureAuthor: Tawfiq al-HakimThe absurd, comedic, thought-provoking drama about the parallel worlds of cockroaches and humans.
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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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