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A postmodernist retelling of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis set in present-day Morocco -
A short but pioneering autobiographical work set in northern Syria. -
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 -
Syria 2009: political prisoners and asylum seekers live in waiting -
A journey into Bedouin life and history in northern Syria -
Muslim and Jewish Algerians fighting against French occupation -
An officer effortlessly slaughters a rival ethnic group before realising he is part of it as well -
A story about a family and the absurdity of civil war written in the magical realism genre -
A timely collection of stories about what happens when life suddenly goes wrong, from one of the finest authors of short fiction writing in Arabic today -
A page-turner about betrayal, guilt, and generational trauma -
The wear and tear on lives in colonial Tunisia -
An intergenerational magical-realist story about war and conflict in Sudan -
A Yazidi woman in northern Iraq fights against ISIS -
The impact of conflict on everyday life in Libya -
A Tunisian girl in Baghdad of the 1980s -
History overwhelms an ordinary family -
Life in a Palestinian village that suddenly becomes a border town in 1948
family, childhood, identity
Discover among LEILA’s selection of books our focus on family, childhood, and identity in all their diversity. These important topics in Arab societies are addressed in a multitude of ways, from childhood memories, coming of age stories, family relationships, or examining religious or ethnic identities.
