The following selection of books have been recommended and reviewed by the LEILA project’s jury members who are Arabic literature specialists, many of them translators and writers themselves. These recommendations have been chosen with European publishers in mind, who are interested in finding out more about books from the Arab world. When available, contact information for foreign rights (author, agent, or publisher) is provided.
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Palestinian stories on fictional attempts to escape the reality of life under occupation -
An exquisite scream of clever rage at the contemporary moment -
Muslim and Jewish Algerians fighting against French occupation -
Exploring Cairo through love stories that failed by a hair -
An intergenerational magical-realist story about war and conflict in Sudan -
A personal and political journey of a Tunisian militant -
A timely portrayal of human life under late capitalism, in a world simmering with lust and fear -
A Tunisian girl in Baghdad of the 1980s -
The impact of conflict on everyday life in Libya -
An ironic cookbook and serious socio-political commentary -
In this novel, the Saudi writer Omaima El Khamis tells a fascinating story that takes place during the 11th century -
The reminiscences of a Lebanese intellectual haunted by the loss of his two lovers -
Contemporary Syria from a dark psychedelic perspective -
An officer effortlessly slaughters a rival ethnic group before realising he is part of it as well -
A love spell that travels across time and space
