Cry in a Long Night opens with Amin Samaa, a young man, walking the length of his native city on a stormy night. He is on his way to the palace of his employer, the aristocratic heiress Inayat Yasser, who has employed him as a writer to work on a grand history of her Ottoman family. On his night journey across the city, Amin recalls his idyllic ......
By acclaimed Sudanese author Emir Tag Elsir, Ebola '76 follows the story of Louis, a simple blue-collar worker who unwittingly transports a deadly disease back to his home country, with disastrous consequences for his family, friends and colleagues alike. In a series of bizarre and comical human encounters, the disease takes a firm hold of the ......
The Origins and Undermining of the Libyan Revolution
Chorin provides a unique insight into the circumstances that sparked the 2011 Libyan revolution, and explains how the 2012 Benghazi attack triggered a years-long civil war, a schizophrenic peace process, and an American retreat, while creating openings for Islamists and authoritarian regimes to reincarnate epic narratives and undermine their foes.
The Last Years of Britain's Presence and Policy in Southern Arabia
This book is an illuminating eye-opener about the recent political history of a region that continues to suffer from grave paucity of material for the purpose of scholarship. Regardless of Southern Arabia's past greatness and current significance and strategic importance to the world at large, so little is known.
Farewell Damascus, set in the city during the early 1960s, is both a paean to a beloved homeland and an ode to human dignity. Armed with her customary humor, pathos, and knack for suspense, Ghada Samman fearlessly tackles issues that roil societies across the globe to this day.
Khamila narrates her experience as a young woman living in Sur, a city which quickly transforms from a rich trading centre into a place of fear and murder at the hands of extremist oppressors.
Kuwaiti children's author Lateefa Buti's well-crafted and beautifully illustrated Hatless encourages children to think independently and challenge traditions with innovation and creativity.
Anne-Marie Drosso's collection of fourteen short stories guides us through the turbulence of Egyptian modern history - from Gamal Abdel Nasser's early days of glory, to Abdel Fatah el-Sisi's recent assumption of power. Each story weaves a tapestry of hope, crisis and despair, illustrated through an array of characters trying to make sense of their ......
