Middle East

THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING FANTASY TRILOGY ‘A game-changing new voice in epic fantasy’ Tasha Suri, author of THE JASMINE THRONEFOR REBELLION TO IGNITE, SOMETHING MUST BURN....

A Diary of Ramallah under Siege A diary of life under siege in Palestine, from the Orwell-prize winning and National Book Award-longlisted author and human rights activist 'Palestine's greatest prose...

A transgressive, lyrical and deeply moving literary debut about forbidden gay love in Iran Anjir and Zal have been together ever since they first knew what love was. But living...

The new novel from the first Arabic-language winner of the Booker International Prize. In their small, mountainside village, Ghazaala and Asiya love each other like sisters, until tragedy strikes, and...

From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stationery Shop, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against three transformative decades in...

Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home After the 1993 Oslo Accords, a handful of Palestinians were allowed to return to their hometowns in Israel. Fida Jiryis and her...

In prose that is both unflinching and lyrical, Suzi Ehtesham-Zadeh presents Zan, a collection of stories that provide a deep and nuanced view of contemporary Iranian women as they navigate...

In 1966, the Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti, then twenty-two, left his country to return to university in Cairo. A year later came the Six Day War and Barghouti, like many...

Sweet & Savoury Delights from the Lebanese Bakery ‘There is bread and salt between us.’ This phrase, symbolising the act of breaking bread together, of welcome, of gratitude, friendship, and trust,...

The sequel to 2023's The Judas Blossom; a sprawling historical fantasy with high stakes at the heart of war... Kaivon, the last Persian General, is celebrating as Hulagu Khan's dream of...

Through seventeen powerful testimonies, Syrian-Palestinian poet Ramy Al-Asheq's Ever SInce I Did Not Die is a poignant autobiographical journey that vividly depicts what it means to live through war. The...

An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction Thyme Travellers collects fourteen of the Palestinian diaspora’s best voices in speculative fiction. Speculative fiction as a genre invites a reconfiguring of reality, and...

A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unravelling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags,...

Drawing on first-hand interviews with rank and file members of Hezbollah, the author illuminates the inner workings of this group. Should we look at it as a patriotic and respectable...

Selected Poems A collection showcasing the latest poems of the Kurdish-Syrian maestro of Arabic style. Salim Barakat, the captivating Kurdish-Syrian poet and novelist known for his mastery of Arabic style,...

A unique coming-of-age story from the lost world of Arab-Jews In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the...

From the organizers of the Palestine Festival of Literature, this anthology of essays connects Palestinian resistance with global freedom struggles against settler colonialism and calls on us to think more...

A Family Story from Gaza The story of a family over the past 100 years, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland. Samah Sabawi...

One of The Millions Most Anticipated Books for Spring! Featured in Alta Magazine's New Books for May! Short stories from 25 emerging and established writers of Middle Eastern and North...

An unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism Furat, a Syrian in his early 20s, visits Sibki Park in Damascus, one of the city’s most popular cruising areas. There he...

A rare narrative of gay love in the Arab world that travels into the lives of a group of spirited youth during the Syrian Revolution. Youssef’s mother has always told him...

A moving testament to the displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people. rock flight is a book-length poem that, over five chapters, follows a personal and historical narrative, to compose...

A Palestinian prisoner's memoir of thirty years' captivity, and a love letter to the wall that encircles and comforts himThis is the story of a wall that somehow chose me...

"One of the finest, most eloquent and painfully honest memoirs of the Palestinian exile and displacement."–New Statesman An intimate memoir of the 1948 Nakba, exile and the dispossession of Palestinian...

In this new novel by Syria’s most prominent writer of the National Book Award Finalist Planet of Clay, a wounded nineteen-year-old soldier in the Syrian Army remembers his life lived...

Women, Life, Freedom The first major book on the new Iranian revolution 'A document of real optimism.' Guardian On Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a...

Behind You Is the Sea is a compelling debut that fearlessly challenges stereotypes surrounding Palestinian culture. A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Ms Magazine, Lithub and Elle. With humour...

A searing reflection on the failures of Israel to treat Palestine and Palestinians as equals, as partners on the road to peace instead of genocide. Since the formation of the...

Background, Details, and Analysis A radical analysis of Palestinian resistance from one of their most influential voices. Revisit Ghassan Kanafani’s pivotal text in a new English edition. Kanafani presents a...

The Trinity of Fundamentals follows the story of 22-year-old Kan’an during his nine years of hiding from the occupation between 1982 and 1991. Driven by an unshakable commitment to the Palestinian...

WINNER of the Republic of Consciousness Prize! Abandoned by her husband, marooned by an epic snowstorm, a mother gives birth to her third child. Her sense of entrapment turns into...

In Rifqa, El-Kurd tightropes between statelessness and uncertainty, still one thing remains clear: "Jerusalem is ours! / The biggest punchline of all time." Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd's debut collection of...

Bethlehem is a celebration of Palestinian food and culture from one of the area’s most dynamic chefs and a portrait of one of the most storied cities in the world.    Franco-Palestinian...

A gem-like parable about Palestine, timely and prismaticNabila Yasmeen is in her eighties. She lives alone with over a hundred plants that she keeps in pots because she can't bear...

A deeply personal, politically impassioned portrait of the historic protests taking place in Iran, by a female witness and participant who must remain strictly anonymous. With an introduction by Christina...

Light in Gaza gathers a collective Palestinian vision of what a future Gaza could be. As global solidarity for Palestinian liberation grows, the desire for Gaza-centered texts makes this book...

Both revolutionary and reactionary, the Islamic Republic of Iran has long been a conundrum for Western observers. A theocracy that aspires to a popular mandate; an anti-colonial state with imperial...

Mural is a testimony to one of the most important and powerful poets of our age. Mahmoud Darwish was the Palestinian national poet. One of the greatest poets of the last...

A Memoir of Words and Wars A STORY OF SURVIVAL, AND A MEDITATION ON DESIRE AND LOSS, LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE In Abbas El-Zein's new memoir, conflicts abound - either tragic...

A definitive volume expanded and updated to do justice to the four decade career of one of the most important cultural and intellectual thinkers of the 21st century The renowned...

This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history. Starting with...

A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance Shortlisted for the 2020 Cundill History Prize This is the story of Palestine told from the inside. The twentieth century for Palestine...

Delicious, Authentic Arab Meals Made Easy Simple, Modernized Recipes for Traditional Arabic Cuisine Making your favorite Arab dishes is easier than ever with this contemporary guide to effortless Middle Eastern...

“Delicate and tough, a crafted danger, full of wit as well as abandon, Hafiz’s lyric is one of the rare mysteries of world literature.” —Coleman Barks, author and translator of...

An epic, emotional, breathtaking story of love and loss set amid the Syrian revolution. Burning with the fires of hope and possibility, AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW will...

Orientalism is one of the greatest and most influential of books of ideas to be published since the end of the European empires. For generations now it has defined our understanding...

The captivating and immersive story of a Kurdish family torn apart by migration set against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisisRafiq Hardi Kermanj, founder of the Communist Party of...

A Guide to Building a Home For Your Soul From the celebrated poet, speaker, and educator comes a powerful blueprint for healing by building a home within yourself. In her...

The landmark poetry collection that transformed 20th-century Arabic poetry, in a brilliant new translation by Kareem James Abu-Zeid and Ivan EubanksWritten in the early 1960s by Adonis, 'the most eloquent...

TRANSLATED BY ANJALI SINGH Now in one volume, both parts of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi's brilliant memoir-in-comic-strips about growing up in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution.The brilliant graphic memoir...