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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A novel of ideas by one of Palestine’s preeminent writers
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A journey away from religion to sexuality and pleasure
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The wear and tear on lives in colonial Tunisia
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A trip across the Mediterranean of the 1930s