Middle Eastern & Arab American

  • Songs for Darkness

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    A novel that captures the collective pain of a nation through the stories of four Lebanese women.

    Only songs are able to comfort the soul in its darkness–but can anyone hear them?

    Iman Humaydan’s sa

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    • Author: Yunis, Iman Humaydan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: March 10 2026
    • ISBN10: 1623715628
    • Language: English
  • Arab American Blues

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    A thoughtful and wonderfully written coming-of-age story set during one of the most tumultuous and divisive periods in US history.

    A lyrical coming-of-age novel set against the political upheaval and

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    • Author: Aziz Zarou, Paul
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: April 07 2026
    • ISBN10: 1623715636
    • Language: English
  • No God But Us

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    One of them‘s 10 Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books of 2026

    “A new kind of novel, with vast geographies of nation and heart.” –SARAH SCHULMAN

    “This is a story alive to contradiction–ferocious in its long

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    • Author: Sayed, Bobuq
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: May 26 2026
    • ISBN10: 0063419467
    • Language: English
  • Seven Heavens Away

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    Sometimes you walk two steps and find yourself
    two alleys away, two gates away,
    two hills away, two seas away,
    two continents away,
    or seven heavens away.

    In this taut and heartbreaking debut nove

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    • Author: Zaghal, Ashraf
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 328
    • Publish Date: February 03 2026
    • ISBN10: 1487013485
    • Language: English
  • The Lord

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    In this stunning portrait of Palestinian life before the Nakba, a young man gains renown as a magician of a revolutionary sort–meanwhile evading the British colonialist forces who seek to destroy him[more below]

    • Author: Antonius, Soraya
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 248
    • Publish Date: December 02 2025
    • ISBN10: 1681379570
    • Language: English
  • Waseem

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    The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of a doomed love and a young man’s education in hope.

    In the crowded streets of a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Waseem has learned to navigate life with q

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    • Author: Taha, Lilas
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 312
    • Publish Date: September 09 2025
    • ISBN10: 1648211275
    • Language: English
  • The Wire-Walker

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    In the Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus, Palestine, sixteen-year-old Amal Tuqan finds her escape in tightrope walking. Living in an alley so narrow that ” the walls hold their breath,” she practices tire… [more below]

    • Author: Janko, James
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 310
    • Publish Date: September 23 2025
    • ISBN10: 1646035801
    • Language: English
  • The Slightest Green

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    A moving multigenerational novel by the celebrated Palestinian American author of The Beauty of Your Face

    In the middle of dinner one evening, Intisar Jaber receives a phone call that will upend her q

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    • Author: Mustafah, Sahar
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: November 11 2025
    • ISBN10: 1623715830
    • Language: English
  • The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

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    “Alameddine is a writer with a boundless imagination.”–NPR

    From National Book Award finalist and winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction comes a tragicomic love story set in Lebanon, a modern sag

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    • Author: Alameddine, Rabih
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: September 02 2025
    • ISBN10: 0802166474
    • Language: English
  • Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction

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    One of The Millions Most Anticipated Books & a Powell’s Bookstore Staff Favorite of the Year!

    Short stories from 25 emerging and established writers of Middle Eastern and North African origins, a uniqu

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    • Author: Elgrably, Jordan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: May 07 2024
    • ISBN10: 0872869075
    • Language: English
  • Vulture

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    A darkly funny, heart-wrenching satire that tears through the guts of the war news industry.

    Catch-22 on speed and set in the Middle East, Vulture is a fast-paced satire of the war news industry and a

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    • Author: Greenwood, Phoebe
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: August 12 2025
    • ISBN10: 9798889660958
    • Language: English
  • Gaza Writes Back, Memorial Edition: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine

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    Gaza Writes Back is a compelling collection of short stories written in English by young writers in Gaza in the period soon after Israel’s 2008-09 offensive against Gaza known as “Operation Cast Lead…. [more below]

    • Author: Abunimah, Ali
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: December 06 2024
    • ISBN10: 1682571017
    • Language: English
  • Daughter, Son, Assassin

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    A story of family bonds amid political betrayal that explores the drastic steps that a young girl will take in order to find a sense of belonging.

    Fred is lost, confused, almost certainly about to die.

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    • Series: Nonaligned
    • Author: Salaita, Steven
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: May 14 2024
    • ISBN10: 1945335084
    • Language: English
  • Bent Toward Justice: a novel inspired by true stories

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    A unifying narrative for divided times, BENT TOWARD JUSTICE tells the story of Murray Schwartzman, a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust and escaped to America. But while Schwartzman may have found … [more below]

    • Author: Feldman, Steven R.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 220
    • Publish Date: May 21 2024
    • ISBN10: 1950544451
    • Language: English
  • Selamlik

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    An unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism Furat, a Syrian in his early 20s,
    visits Sibki Park in Damascus, one of the city’s most popular cruising areas. There
    he learns about the h… [more below]

    • Author: Alesmael, Khaled
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: April 02 2024
    • ISBN10: 1642861480
    • Language: English
  • Glass Cedars

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    Twenty-year-old Maya is given one hour to pack one suitcase and flee her home in war-torn Beirut, leaving behind everyone and everything she knows and loves. She rebuilds a new life in Los Angeles, an

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    • Author: Feghali, Katherine Saad
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 426
    • Publish Date: April 16 2023
    • ISBN10: 9798889269038
    • Language: English
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