Hoopoe
The Night Will Have Its Say
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The half century of roughly 680-730 CE was a perilous time across North Africa. Muslim armies out of Syria and Arabia crushed all ...Read Review
My First and Only Love
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The narrator, Nidal (whose name in Arabic means “struggle”), returns to Nablus in Palestine in the early 21st century, after decades of exile ...Read Review
The Lady of Zamalek
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In 1920s Cairo, ambitious young Abbas rises to power in the shadowy underworlds of prostitution and construction. After getting involved in the murder ...Read Review
The Book Smuggler
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The Book Smuggler follows a young bookseller’s travels and travails in an era when the Muslim Empire spanned three continents, and Muslims ...Read Review
The Watermelon Boys
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This extraordinary debut novel travels from 1915 to 1920 as World War I rages not only in Europe but also in the Middle East. On ...Read Review