Arab American Heritage

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Against the loveless world : a novel
Abulhawa, Susan
Paper Book
'A thrilling, defiant novel' FATIMA BHUTTO'A masterpiece' MARC LAMONT HILL'Wonderful ... Shines a ray of hope into some very dark places' MICHAEL PALIN'A fearless work of imagination' AHDAF SOUEIFWinner of the Palestine Book AwardNahr has been confined to the Cube: nine...

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The arsonists' city
Alyan, Hala
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"Feels revolutionary in its freshness." --Entertainment Weekly "The Arsonists' City delivers all the pleasures of a good old-fashioned saga, but in Alyan's hands, one family's tale becomes the story of a nation--Lebanon and Syria, yes, but also the United States. It's...

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A woman is no man : a novel
Rum, Etaf
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A New York Times bestseller * A Washington Post 10 Books to Read in March * One of Cosmopolitan's Best Books by POC for 2019 * A Refinery 29 Best Book of the Month 'A gripping book. It's beautiful and very sad ... The feelings are intense, and raw ... It's a necessary story, brilliantly...

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Alligator & other stories
Alzayat, Dima
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Shortlisted for the 2021 Swansea University Dylan Thomas PrizeShortlisted for a 2021 James Tait Black AwardShortlisted for the PEN/Robert W Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection 2021'Sardonic, monstrous, tender' Sunday Times'Startling . . . profound' Daily MailIn Alligator and Other Stories...

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Anatomy of a disappearance : a novel
Matar, Hisham
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In Egypt, Nuri, a teenage boy, falls in love with Mona - the woman his father will marry. Consumed with longing, Nuri wants to get his father out of the way - to take his place in Mona's heart. But when his father disappears, Nuri regrets what he wished for. Alone, he and Mona search desperately for...
Casebook : a novel
Simpson, Mona.
Paper Book
When an eavesdropping boy sets out to discover the obscure mysteries of his unravelling family, he uncovers instead what he least wants to know: the workings of his parents' private lives. And even then he can't stop snooping. Miles Adler-Rich spies and listens in on his...

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Don't forget us here : lost and found at Guantánamo
Adayfi, Mansoor
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"Amazing book! And will be an eye-opener for many." -Margaret Atwood This moving, eye-opening memoir of an innocent man detained at Guantánamo Bay for fifteen years tells a story of humanity in the unlikeliest of places and an unprecedented look at life at Guantánamo...

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My Hollywood : a novel
Simpson, Mona.
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A wonderfully provocative and appealing novel, from the much-loved author of Anywhere But Here, her first in ten years. It tells the story of two women whose lives entwine and unfold behind the glittery surface of Hollywood. Claire, a composer and a new mother, comes to...
Salt houses
Alyan, Hala
Paper Book
'A piercingly elegant novel . . . with the power to both break and mend your heart.' Ru Freeman, author of On Sal Mal Lane 'Epic in scope and uniquely relevant in its concern for displacement. Particularly well-suited for our times, then.' Red ...
The burning girl
Messud, Claire
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The Moor's account : a novel
Lalami, Laila
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In these pages, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America: Mustafa al-Zamori, called Estebanico. The slave of a Spanish conquistador, Estebanico sails for the Americas with his master, Dorantes, as part of a danger-laden expedition to Florida. Within a year,...

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The other Americans
Lalami, Laila
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FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2019'A provocative and gripping novel by a gifted writer' JOHN BOYNE'Remarkable, timely ... Impeccably written' ROXANE GAY'A deftly constructed account of a crime and its consequences' J.M. COETZEE'A writer of uncommon conviction...

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The prophet
Gibran, Kahlil
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First published in the 1920's, THE PROPHET an inspirational, allegorical guide to living, the book is perhaps the most famous work of religious fiction of the Twentieth Century and has sold millions of copies in more than twenty languages. Gibran'sprotagonist, called simply 'the Prophet', delivers...

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The return : fathers, sons, and the land in between
Matar, Hisham
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"Hisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. He would never see him again. Twenty-two years later, the fall of Gaddafi meant he was finally able to return to his homeland. In this moving memoir, the author takes us on an illuminating journey, both physical...

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The wrong end of the telescope
Alameddine, Rabih
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WINNER OF THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION 2022 'A beautiful, well paced, enraging, funny and heartbreaking book' the Guardian 'Spectacular . . . Alameddine's irreverent prose evokes the old master storytellers from my own Middle Eastern...

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The woman upstairs
Messud, Claire
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No land to light on : a novel
Zgheib, Yara
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That can be arranged : a Muslim love story
Fahmy, Huda
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Chaperones, suitors, and arranged marriages aren't only reserved for the heroines of a Jane Austen novel. They're just another walk in the park for this leading lady, who is on a mission to find her leading lad. From the brilliant comics Yes, I'm Hot in This, Huda Fahmy tells the hilarious...

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