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A writer caught between two lives, two languages, two women -
The tragic life of a female writer in 1960’s Dubai -
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 -
Rimbaud seen through the eyes of his Abyssinian lover -
Set in a remote mountain village, under the guise of a murder mystery, myths, illusions, and dreams play out among the villagers -
Syria 2009: political prisoners and asylum seekers live in waiting -
A journey away from religion to sexuality and pleasure -
A love spell that travels across time and space -
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 view onto the richness of Sudanese Arab and African cultures through an encounter between a warrior and his healer -
A story about a family and the absurdity of civil war written in the magical realism genre -
The reminiscences of a Lebanese intellectual haunted by the loss of his two lovers -
A marginalised Algerian neighbourhood tells one last tale -
In this novel, the Saudi writer Omaima El Khamis tells a fascinating story that takes place during the 11th century -
A novel of ideas by one of Palestine’s preeminent writers -
A page-turner about betrayal, guilt, and generational trauma -
A horror mystery that is also an allegory about the writing process
