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Things I Left Behind by Shada Mustafa 9781913043261
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.20This is young Palestinian author Shada Mustafa's debut novel - a free-flowing narrative that interrogates, in short, direct sentences, the memories of growing up, falling in love, that keep forcing... -
The Madness of Despair by Ghalya F T Al Said 9781913043124
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $11.99The Madness of Despair tells the story of Maliha, who is living in London with her husband Nafie after an arranged marriage in their distant Arab homeland. The couple become good friends with Doctor... -
Heavenly Life: Selected Poems by Ramsey Nasr 9780954966690
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.40Shortlisted for the 2011 Popescu Prize for Poetry Translated from a European Language into English, run by the Poetry Society.Foreword by Ruth Padel and introduced by Victor Schiferli."With this... -
The Tent Generations: Palestinian Poems by Mohammed Sawaie
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.10From the Introduction by Mohammed Sawaie:The Palestinian poets included in The Tent Generations, Palestinian Poems represent different age groups and backgrounds, yet they all express a strong sense... -
The Mariner by Taleb Alrefai
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.20Taleb Alrefai turns a spotlight on Kuwait's pearl-fishing history in this enthralling fictional re-telling of that fateful day, 19 February 1979, when the country's famous dhow shipmaster Captain... -
An Iraqi in Paris by Samuel Shimon
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $11.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957442481Author Samuel ShimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint -
Goat Mountain by Habib Selmi
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.20In Goat Mountain, Habib Selmi's first novel, published in Arabic in 1988, a young man's journey begins in a dilapidated old bus that takes four hours to reach Al-'Ala, from where he takes a long ride... -
A Boat to Lesbos: and other poems Nouri Al-Jarrah 9780995636941
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.20A Boat to Lesbos is a powerful and compelling epic poem, written while thousands of Syrian refugees were enduring frightening journeys across the Mediterranean before arriving on the small island... -
The Stone Serpent: Barates of Palmyra's Elegy for Regina his Beloved by Nouri Al-Jarrah 9781913043292
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913043292Author Nouri Al-JarrahFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint -
Mansi A Rare Man in His Own Way by Tayeb Salih 9780995636989
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.20Tayeb Salih is internationally known for his classic novel Season of Migration to the North. With humour, wit and erudite poetic insights, Salih shows another side in this affectionate memoir of his... -
Knife Sharpener: Selected Poems by Sargon Boulus 9780954966676
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.20Knife Sharpener - Selected Poems is a posthumous commemoration and celebration of Sargon Boulus, in a collection of poems, written between 1991 and 2007 that he translated himself, together with an... -
A Journey in Iraqi Fiction by Abdullah Sakhi 9780995636958
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $10.21Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and overthrow of Saddam Hussein, Iraqis have created a revolution in literature, writing nearly 600 novels. Banipal's first issue of 2018 focuses on this unexpected... -
The Myrtle Tree Jad El Hage 9780954966645
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.20Young Adam Awad, his wife and daughter live in the remote village of his family, in the Lebanese countryside where his uncle maintains there are no "vendettas and bloody feuds like in the North, no... -
Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures Fadhil al-Azzawi 9781913043100
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.20This open work was written in defiance of the "sanctity of genre" and to raise the question of freedom of expression in writing. First published in Arabic in 1969 to great acclaim, it has been... -
Poems of Alexandria and New York by Ahmed Morsi 9781913043155
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.20Ahmed Morsi is a renowned painter as well as a prolific art critic, journalist, translator, and, as this book reveals to a new audience, a consummate poet, with his debut collection published at the... -
Birds of Nabaa: A Mauritanian Tale by Abdallah Uld Mohamadi Bah 9781913043438
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.10Birds of Nabaa is a tale of physical and spiritual journeys, beginning in Nabaa, a remote Mauritanian village, whose herds lead the community according to their own inscrutable instincts, to life in... -
Sarajevo Firewood by Said Khatibi 9781913043230
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $11.99Sarajevo Firewood, which was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) award in 2020, explores the legacy of the recent histories of two countries - Algeria and... -
Shadow of the Sun by Taleb Alrefai 9781913043360
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.10Impoverished Egyptian teacher Helmy is desperate to find a better life for himself, his wife and little boy, seeing no future at home in Cairo. He dreams of working in oil-rich Kuwait and its boom in... -
The Secrets of Folder 42 by Abdelmajid Sebbata 9781913043414
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.89The Secrets of Folder 42 opens with the author forgetting his laptop and notebook in a taxi. What a chance!! The reader is introduced to the protagonists via two storylines playing out across... -
Arab Literary Awards by Alaa Khaled 9780995636910
RRP: $12.06Booksplease Price: $9.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995636910Author Alaa KhaledFormat PaperbackImprint -
The 100 Best Arabic Novels by Balkis Sharara 9780995636972
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $10.21This issue presents a new list of Arabic novels, chosen by critics, authors, academics and translators, in response to the greatly increased popularity of novels in the Arab world. Plus features on... -
Banipal 56 Generation '56 Samuel Shimon 9780957442498
RRP: $12.06Booksplease Price: $9.31Generation '56 features nine influential Arab voices, all born in 1956, all of whom grew up to become major beacons of modernity, intellectual freedom and creativity in the Arab world and who... -
Elias Khoury, The Novelist by Samuel Shimon
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $10.21Main Feature: Lebanese international author Elias Khoury - excerpts from both his latest and his first novel, articles on his corpus of novels and reviews. Plus: Adieu to poet Amjad Nasser in Fakhri... -
Alaa al-Deeb, A writer apart by Alaa Al-Deeb 9780995636934
RRP: $12.06Booksplease Price: $9.46Banipal magazine's 60th issue presents a major feature on the influential Egyptian author Alaa al-Deeb, with translations from his pivotal works and articles by six fellow Egyptian writers. Other... -
A Literary Journey through Arab Cinema Samuel Shimon 9780995636965
RRP: $14.74Booksplease Price: $11.82A collaboration with London's SAFAR film festival in September featuring book and film pairs, translations, presentations, interview with director Daoud Abdel Sayed of the famous Egyptian film Kit... -
The Longlist by Yassin Adnan 9780995636927
RRP: $12.06Booksplease Price: $9.31Chapters from eight novels on IPAF longlists; Sudanese novelist Amir Tag Elsir writes Literary Influences; chapters from Goat Mountain, 30-year-old debut novel of Habib Selmi; "Arabic Literature in... -
Syria in the Heart by 9780995636903
RRP: $12.06Booksplease Price: $9.31In the midst of the raging, destructive war that is shattering Syria, Banipal 57 - Syria in the Heart presents powerful new poetry and fiction by twelve Syrian authors - works that reach out to all... -
The Beautiful Creatures of Fadhil Al-Azzawi by Fadhil Al-Azzawi 9781913043018
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $10.21Banipal 65 celebrates Iraq novelist and poet Fadhil Al-Azzawi, renowned for his "conceptual leaps, rich references and linguistic surprises". Ariel Dorfman described him as "an Iraqi master poet who... -
Banipal 72 - Iraqi Jewish Writers by Samuel Shimon
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $10.21This unique feature on Iraqi Jewish writers includes short stories, excerpts from novels, and poems - written by 17 authors - all of whom are of Iraqi descent. For several centuries, Iraqi Jews were... -
Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures by Fadhil al-Azzawi
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $20.09This open work was written in defiance of the "sanctity of genre" and to raise the question of freedom of expression in writing. First published in Arabic in 1969 to great acclaim, it has been... -
The Palestinian Wedding: Palestinian Resistance Poetry in the Twentieth Century – A Bilingual Reader A.M. Elmessiri 9781849251167
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.59Poetry is Palestine's most cherished art form - a way to voice resistance and preserve cultural memory. This powerful bilingual anthology captures a century of both celebration and struggle. The... -
The Calligrapher's Garden by Hassan Massoudy
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $9.92Hassan Massoudy's elegant calligraphy depicts the four seasons of the garden. From the icy palettes of winter and the fading hues of autumn to delicate spring growth and the dazzling sunshine and... -
Daughter of the Tigris by Muhsin Al-Ramli
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75The follow-up to the internationally acclaimed The President's Gardens"Al-Ramli is a remarkable storyteller, and in Daughter of the Tigris he creates a dynamic, intricately plotted narrative,... -
The Cinderellas of Muscat by Huda Hamed 9781913043452
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $12.73During the modernisation of Muscat, people's spirits seemed to harden and dry up, and one day the female jinn just disappeared. Where did they go to? Have they all died, are they in hiding after... -
Banipal 70 - Writing Jerusalem by 9781913043209
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $10.21Banipal 70 - Mahmoud Shukair, Writing Jerusalem is a rich issue of diverse authors and literary news to inspire and enthuse you in this continuing time of Covid-19.The main feature on Palestinian... -
From the River to the Sea by Samer Abu Hawwash 9781913043506
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.10This new collection by Palestinian poet Samer Abu Hawwash was published in its original Arabic in the summer of 2024. The 24 poems are an intrepid literary journey into the genocide in Gaza, linking...