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Multiple themes, such as women’s place in society, and the beauty and depth of Arabic calligraphy are threaded through this novel which takes place during and after Lebanon’s civil war
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Set in a remote mountain village, under the guise of a murder mystery, myths, illusions, and dreams play out among the villagers
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Muslim and Jewish Algerians fighting against French occupation
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A horror mystery that is also an allegory about the writing process
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An expelled student becomes a scam artist in Egypt of the 1950s
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A 30-year-old privileged Egyptian man consumed by his fears and desires, set to the backdrop of the 2011 Egyptian revolution
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Life in a Palestinian village that suddenly becomes a border town in 1948