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Faces
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CA$25.95
ISBN: 9781647124779
Pub Date: October 2024
The first English translation of one of the novels that helped change modern Arab literatureMohamed Choukri, one of the most important writers of modern Moroccan literature, grew up in extreme poverty...
Musician in the Clouds
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CA$25.95
ISBN: 9781647124434
Pub Date: May 2024
A translation of an award-winning Iraqi novelist's story exploring global migration in a postcolonial world, extremism, and what it means to belong somewhereThe talented classical cellist Nabil always...
The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society
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CA$22.99
ISBN: 9781487012335
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
Indelible linked stories centred around Azurée, a young Arab woman living in the echoes of her ancestor’s voices.
Her First Palestinian
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CA$22.99
ISBN: 9781487010874
Pub Date: August 2022
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
Elegant, surprising stories about Palestinian immigrants in Canada navigating their identities in circumstances that push them to the emotional brink.
Philistine, The
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CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781988130705
Pub Date: March 2018
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Taboos and transgressions in Cairo as the Intifada begins to roar across the border to Palestine.
Limbo Beirut
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781477310052
Pub Date: August 2016
Imprint: University of Texas Press
This groundbreaking work of Arabic fiction, now translated into English for the first time, explores how young adults in Lebanon experienced the violent clashes between Hezbollah militants and Sunni fighters in 2008.
A Portal in Space
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CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781477308103
Pub Date: January 2016
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Masterfully bringing the sights and sounds of Iraq to life, this wise, wry tale by a prominent and prolific Iraqi novelist chronicles an affluent Iraqi family?s attempt to maintain a sense of normality during the Iran-Iraq war.
Who's Afraid of Meryl Streep?
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780292763074
Pub Date: October 2014
Imprint: University of Texas Press
This novel by one of Lebanon?s best-known authors offers an intimate look at evolving attitudes toward virginity, premarital sex, and abortion in Lebanon as it draws a compelling portrait of a disintegrating marriage.
The Neighbors
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CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780292749054
Pub Date: June 2013
Imprint: University of Texas Press
This coming-of-age story set in southwestern Iran during the nationalization of the oil industry in 1951 is the first English translation of the work of a prominent Iranian novelist who helped set the stage for today?s struggle for democracy in Iran.
Fortune Told in Blood
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CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780292718395
Pub Date: June 2008
Imprint: University of Texas Press
A prominent Iranian author writes about the Iran-Iraq War?from the Iraqi point of view.
Women on a Journey
Between Baghdad and London
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CA$26.95
ISBN: 9780292714847
Pub Date: January 2007
Imprint: University of Texas Press
A novel by a Kurdish-Iraqi writer that gives voice to contemporary Iraqi women?s experiences of political repression, violence, exile, and the yearning for peace.
Whatever Happened to Antara?
And Other Stories
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CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780292702820
Pub Date: August 2004
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Short stories from a Syrian writer.
Passage to Dusk
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CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780292705074
Pub Date: August 2001
Imprint: University of Texas Press
This novel deals with the Lebanese civil war of the 1970s in a postmodern, poetic style.
Satan's Stones
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780292770768
Pub Date: September 1996
Imprint: University of Texas Press
The first English translation of an Iranian writer's short story collection.
The Waiting List
An Iraqi Woman's Tales of Alienation
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780292790674
Pub Date: January 1995
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Set in Iraq, Cyprus, and Lebanon, these stories shed light on an unusual Middle East refugee experience--that of a cultural refugee, a divorced woman who is educated, affluent, and alone.
Faces
CA$25.95
ISBN: 9781647124779
Pub Date: October 2024
Musician in the Clouds
CA$25.95
ISBN: 9781647124434
Pub Date: May 2024
The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society
CA$22.99
ISBN: 9781487012335
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
Indelible linked stories centred around Azurée, a young Arab woman living in the echoes of her ancestor’s voices.
Her First Palestinian
CA$22.99
ISBN: 9781487010874
Pub Date: August 2022
Imprint: House of Anansi Press
Elegant, surprising stories about Palestinian immigrants in Canada navigating their identities in circumstances that push them to the emotional brink.
Philistine, The
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781988130705
Pub Date: March 2018
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
Taboos and transgressions in Cairo as the Intifada begins to roar across the border to Palestine.
Limbo Beirut
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781477310052
Pub Date: August 2016
Imprint: University of Texas Press
A Portal in Space
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781477308103
Pub Date: January 2016
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Who's Afraid of Meryl Streep?
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780292763074
Pub Date: October 2014
Imprint: University of Texas Press
The Neighbors
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780292749054
Pub Date: June 2013
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Fortune Told in Blood
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780292718395
Pub Date: June 2008
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Women on a Journey
Between Baghdad and London
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9780292714847
Pub Date: January 2007
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Whatever Happened to Antara?
And Other Stories
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780292702820
Pub Date: August 2004
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Passage to Dusk
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9780292705074
Pub Date: August 2001
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Satan's Stones
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780292770768
Pub Date: September 1996
Imprint: University of Texas Press
The Waiting List
An Iraqi Woman's Tales of Alienation
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780292790674
Pub Date: January 1995
Imprint: University of Texas Press