Palestinian authors

Translated by Betsy Göskel Told from four different perspectives, At the Breakfast Table is a story of hidden histories and family secrets, from the author of The Silence of Scheherazade....

Winner of the 2019 Man Booker International PrizeCelestial Bodies is set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, where we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries Abdallah after a heartbreak;...

Translated by Maureen Freely A lyrical autofictional account of the author's fight to survive depression and carve out her own path in 1950s and 60s Istanbul The narrator of Cold...

The thrilling sequel to the epic fantasy adventure, The Theft of Sunlight. I've been cursed, betrayed, and sold into slavery — but the truth I carry can't be allowed to...

'A brave new voice that reaches out to us all' — Miranda Doyle, author of A Book of Untruths 28-year-old Zeba Talkhani charts her experiences growing up in Saudi Arabia...

A critically-acclaimed Iranian author makes his American literary debut with this powerful and harrowing psychological portrait of modern Iran — an unprecedented and urgent work of fiction with echoes of...

Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable novel is for anyone who's ever felt not good enough — then met a friend who makes them feel so much better than okay Darius...

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The all-new collection of more than 100 crowd-pleasing recipes for everyday eating from the author of the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling cookbook Persiana. Designed to ensure maximum flavour with the...

A rich and searing epic fantasy debut inspired by ancient Arabia, Hafsah Faizal's We Hunt the Flame is a story of love, hate, magic and power. People lived because she...

Translated by Jonathan Wright WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION A prize-winning horror novel from war-torn Iraq From the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, the scavenger Hadi collects...

A Girl Called Rumi, Ari Honarvar’s debut novel, weaves a captivating tale of survival, redemption, and the power of storytelling. Kimia, a successful spiritual advisor whose Iranian childhood continues to...

Life-changing wisdom from the popular Persian sage and poet “What a shame to finally reach the open sea but settle for a modest jug of water!" This is a collection...

Translated by Marilyn Booth An extraordinary novel from a 'remarkable' Booker Prize-winning author who has 'constructed her own novelistic form' (James Wood, The New Yorker) that follows one young Omani...

Two women. Two cultures. And a friendship that freed them both. ‘We don’t choose where we’re born. Geography ends up being everything.’ Shaimaa Khalil and Shelley Davidow met twenty years...

Translated by Donal McLaughlin Part Odyssey of the Persian Gulf and part 1001 Nights in Europe, this debut novel is drawn from the author’s experiences as a political prisoner and...

My escape from Saudi Arabia to freedom In January 2019, then 18-year-old Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed escaped from her family while holidaying in Kuwait. She was fleeing systematic abuse of...

A rich and searing epic fantasy sequel set in ancient Arabia, Hafsah Faizal's We Free the Stars is the highly anticipated follow up to the New York Times bestselilng We...

In this companion to the award-winning Darius the Great Is Not Okay, Darius suddenly has it all- a boyfriend, an internship, a spot on the soccer team. It's everything he's...

Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop There is a vast cultural movement emerging from beyond the Western world. Truly global in its range and allure, it is the biggest challenge...

Poetry Book Society Wild Card Winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. The Yemeni American poet Threa Almontaser’s incendiary debut asks how mistranslation can be...

Guide to Every City is a guide for a fictional city inhabited by insects. The three different species of insect in Ever City: hopsters, sloggers, and buzzies live segregated lives...

Translated by Elisabeth Jaquette Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, this is an electrifying new novel from contemporary Syria on life in a climate of fear In Damascus,...

A timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. Shortlisted for the Cundhill History Prize 2020 'What...

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...

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 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...

“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...

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 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...

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...

Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection. A growing number of intrepid Arab and Middle Eastern...

A pitch perfect encapsulation of one young woman's quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroad and tests the limits of her newfound adulthood SELIN IS THE LUCKIEST PERSON IN HER...

In this intricate fantasy novella, a nonbinary refugee practitioner of blood magic finds a strange disease that causes political rifts in their new homeland. Firuz-e Jafari is one of the...