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Xorriyadda iyo D..
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Sophie's misfort..
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The Prophecy of ..
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Gueros
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Bird Box
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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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Strongest man
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TED Talks : offi..
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Fear of Fifty: a..
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Victoria
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Elling
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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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Short History of..
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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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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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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: diper överlöde
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13Author: Jeff KinneyTagging along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg gets more than he bargained for when he gets a backstage pass to the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and wonders if he can help them become the legends they think they are.
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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
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Drought
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The Harafish
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Ruler of the Two Fortresses
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Lina Huyan ElhassanThe heroine of the novel, Khatun Al-Maghouliya, is one of the last female practitioners of magic and divination in Syria. Her daughter, now a young woman, disapproved of her mother’s profession and left her home to study philosophy in Damascus, far from the influence and reputation of her mother. When Khatun disappears, the daughter tries...
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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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One Night is Enough
Language: ArabicSubject: Novels, Historical fictionAuthor: Qassem TawfikThe events of the novel take place in a café in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on the night of the start of the “Naksa” (Six-Day War), in June 1967. Wijdan, a nurse who works at Amman Hospital, takes refuge in the café at the moment the war breaks out and the sky is filled with smoke. She is forced to remain there to...
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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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