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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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Syria 2009: political prisoners and asylum seekers live in waiting
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A journey into Bedouin life and history in northern Syria
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An officer effortlessly slaughters a rival ethnic group before realising he is part of it as well
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A story about a family and the absurdity of civil war written in the magical realism genre
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A page-turner about betrayal, guilt, and generational trauma
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The wear and tear on lives in colonial Tunisia
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An intergenerational magical-realist story about war and conflict in Sudan
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A Yazidi woman in northern Iraq fights against ISIS
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History overwhelms an ordinary family
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Life in a Palestinian village that suddenly becomes a border town in 1948
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A woman confronts her family’s displacement and dysfunction
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A tightly paced queer romance that explores how the relationships we build make us who we are