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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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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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Red Lines
arabicAward-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict,...
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Short History of..
arabicH.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...
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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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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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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 tales&n...
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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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Deutschland 83
germanA coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...
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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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Taxi
persianInternationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous a...
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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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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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Where is my frie..
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?" ...
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Strongest man
spanishA funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...
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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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Using Life
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Ahmad NajiAn experimental novel with original illustrations about life in Cairo. This book has been challenged on moral grounds in Egypt and the author is currently in prison. Click here for more information and an excerpt in English. Winner: PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award 2016.
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The Prophecy of Saqqa
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Hamid NazirEritrea is under Ethopian occupation and there's to be a revolution. The enslaved and followers who dream of freedom will rise up under the leadership of Al Saqqa. As with every other revolution there are those who seek to acquire their own power through any means necessary. Longlisted for the 2016 IPAF.
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My hair
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 6-10Author: Abeer BallanRaya has beautiful, silky hair and everyone likes to touch it. She doesn't like it when people touch her hair. How does she solve her problem? Should she cut it? Should she tell people her hair has bugs?
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Femininity in the Thought of Ibn Arabi
Language: ArabicSubject: History, Literature, SpiritualityAuthor: Nuzha BaradhaThe 7th century Islamic scholar Ibn Arabi wrote extensively about his belief that women and men are equal. Moroccan novelist and researcher, Nuzha Baradha, offers commentary and insight into Ibn Arabi's thoughts on women.
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Fahrenheit 451
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Ray BradburyTranslation of Ray Bradbury's internationally-acclaimed novel about a dystopian society where TV rules and literature is on the brink of extinction. Firemen set fires, rather than extinguishing them, by burning the printed book and any houses that hide this illegal commodity.
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Days don't Hide Anyone
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Abdo KhalA prison guard who terrorizes the inmates? An inmate who lost his parents and sister in a fire? How did these two come to be where they are? A novel of human exploration by Saudi novelist, Abdo Khal, a previous winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), also known as the "Arab Booker."
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Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
Language: ArabicSubject: Short StoriesAuthor: Nikolai GogolTranslation of a book of short stories written by Nikolai Gogol in 1831-32. His memories of childhood in today's Ukraine are depicted in these pictures of peasant life.
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Fifty Grams of Paradise
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Iman HumaydanTattered papers and old photos buried beneath basement rubble reveal clues to the love story of Nura and Kamal, which prompts a cross-war-torn-country trip to learn more shedding light not only on the past, but also the present and the future. Shortlisted for the Katara Prize 2016, the author received $60,000 US. It has been...
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The Mathilde Building
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Hassan DaoudAh, the Mathilde Building. It has seen births, deaths, weddings, life. Her walls have heard the throes of ecstasy, the pain of childbirth, the arguments, the young footsteps on the stairs. She has also seen the ravages of war, but this is not the story of a building, it is the story of home.
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Barrier
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Wasim al-SharqiAn Algerian soldier is detained for failing to report for service and is sent to the Levant to assist the French Army. He knows he will never set foot in his beloved Algeria again. Upon retirement, he looks back over his life and relives his life in Algeria through letters from his brother.
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Before the Coffee gets Cold
Language: ArabicSubject: Short StoriesAuthor: Rami TawilA collection of short stories by Syrian novelist and scriptwriter, Rami Tawil.
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Songs My Mother Never Taught Me
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Selcuk AltunAfter the death of his overbearing mother, the privileged Arda reclines in his wealth, reflecting on his young life and on the life of his murdered father. While on the other side of the city, Bedirhan, the murderer has decided to pack in his ten-year career as an assassin. Their two lives become intrinsically bound in this remarkable...
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