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A timely portrayal of human life under late capitalism, in a world simmering with lust and fear -
The tragic life of a female writer in 1960’s Dubai -
An exquisite scream of clever rage at the contemporary moment -
Rimbaud seen through the eyes of his Abyssinian lover -
A journey into Bedouin life and history in northern Syria -
An officer effortlessly slaughters a rival ethnic group before realising he is part of it as well -
A view onto the richness of Sudanese Arab and African cultures through an encounter between a warrior and his healer -
The reminiscences of a Lebanese intellectual haunted by the loss of his two lovers -
A marginalised Algerian neighbourhood tells one last tale -
A page-turner about betrayal, guilt, and generational trauma -
An ironic cookbook and serious socio-political commentary -
A horror mystery that is also an allegory about the writing process -
A rich exploration of the ambiguous place of one queer man within the close-knit fabric of working-class Tripolitanian life -
The impact of conflict on everyday life in Libya -
Can philosophical enquiry bring us home to our Mother Earth? -
History overwhelms an ordinary family
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