Middle Eastern
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The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women
$17.00 Add to cartAn anthology of verse by women poets writing in Persian, most of whom have never been translated into English before, from acclaimed scholar and translator Dick Davis.
A Penguin Classic The Mirror of- Author: Davis, Dick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0143135619
- Language: English
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The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 3: Halal If You Hear Me
$19.95 Add to cartA BreakBeat Poets anthology of writings by Muslims who are women, queer, genderqueer, nonbinary, or trans.
- Series: Breakbeat Poets
- Author: Asghar, Fatimah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 16 2019
- ISBN10: 1608466043
- Language: English
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NKJV, Pew Bible, Hardcover, Blue, Red Letter Edition
$19.99 Add to cartThe Thomas Nelson NKJV Pew Bible has long been a trusted and durable Bible for use in churches and various worship settings. This edition is published in large NKJV Comfort Print type, which was desig
- Author: Thomas Nelson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: January 30 2018
- ISBN10: 0785215948
- Language: English
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Freedom Hospital: A Syrian Story
$20.00 Add to cartJOE SACCO MEETS PERSEPOLIS IN THIS GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM A NEW INTERNATIONAL TALENT, HAMID SULAIMAN–WINNER ENGLISH PEN AWARD—It is spring 2012 and 40,000 people have died since the start of the Syrian… [more below]
- Author: Sulaiman, Hamid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 01 2018
- ISBN10: 162371995X
- Language: English
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The Full Pomegranate: Poems of Avrom Sutzkever
$27.95 Add to cartTranslations of selected poems by the Yiddish writer, covering the entire breadth of his career.
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Sutzkever, Avrom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1438472501
- Language: English
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Love, Death, Fame: Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral Tradition
$17.00 Add to cartPoems and tales of a literary forefather of the United Arab Emirates
Love, Death, Fame features the poetry of al-Māyidī ibn Ẓāhir, who has been embraced as the earliest poet in w- Series: Library of Arabic Literature
- Author: ??hir, Al-M?yid? Ibn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1479825808
- Language: English
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Scents and Flavors: A Syrian Cookbook
$18.00 Add to cartDelectable recipes from the medieval Middle East
This popular thirteenth-century Syrian cookbook is an ode to what its anonymous author calls the “greater part of the pleasure of this life,” namely th- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #63
- Author: Perry, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1479800813
- Language: English
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The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism
$16.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism
The Essence of Reality was written over the course of just three days in 514/1120, by a scholar who was just twenty-four. The text, like its author &#- Series: Library of Arabic Literature
- Author: Al-Qu??t, ?ayn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1479826278
- Language: English
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Impostures
$19.00 Add to cartOne of the Wall Street Journal’s Top 10 Books of the Year
Winner, 2020 Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Translation Category
Shortlist, 2021 National Translation Award Finalist, 2021 PROSE Award, Literature Ca- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #65
- Author: Al-?ar?r?
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 542
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1479810568
- Language: English
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The Book of Charlatans
$19.00 Add to cartUncovering the professional secrets of con artists and swindlers in the medieval Middle East
The Book of Charlatans is a comprehensive guide to trickery and scams as practiced in the thirteenth centu- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #82
- Author: Al-Jawbar?, Jam?l Al-D?n ?abd Al-Ra??m
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1479813249
- Language: English
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The Book of Travels
$19.00 Add to cartThe adventures of the man who created Aladdin
The Book of Travels is Ḥannā Diyāb’s remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #86
- Author: Diy?b, ?ann?
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 468
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1479820016
- Language: English
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Chronicles of Majnun Layla and Selected Poems
$14.95 Add to cartChronicles of Majnun Layla and Selected Poems brings together in one volume Haddad’s seminal work and a considerable selection of poems from his oeuvre, stretching over forty years. The central poem,
- Series: Middle East Literature in Translation
- Author: Haddad, Qassim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 24 2014
- ISBN10: 0815610378
- Language: English
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Impostures
$48.00 Add to cartOne of the Wall Street Journal’s Top 10 Books of the Year
Winner, 2020 Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Translation Category
Shortlist, 2021 National Translation Award Finalist, 2021 PROSE Award, Literature Ca- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #65
- Author: Al-?ar?r?
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 542
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1479800848
- Language: English
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A Hundred and One Nights
$19.00 Add to cartA luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonder
Translated into English for the very first time, A Hundred and One Nights is a marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabi- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #10
- Author: Fudge, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1479873233
- Language: English
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Return to Dar Al-Basha
$9.95 Add to cartReturn to Dar al-Basha by the contemporary Tunisian author Hassan Nasr depicts the childhood of Murtada al-Shamikh and his return forty years later to his home in the medina or old city of Tunis. Afte
- Series: Middle East Literature in Translation
- Author: Nasr, Hassan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0815608780
- Language: English
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Midnight and Other Poems
$19.99 Add to cartA collection of poems of Mourid Barghouti who spent many years in exile.
- Series: ARC Translation
- Author: Barghouti, Mourid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: December 01 2008
- ISBN10: 190461468X
- Language: English
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Writings from Ancient Egypt
$18.00 Add to cart‘Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away.
In ancient Egypt, words had magical power. Inscribed on tombs and temple walls, coffins and stat
But writings make him remembered’- Author: Wilkinson, Toby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0141395958
- Language: English
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Culture and Resistance
$17.95 Add to cartEdward W. Said discusses the importance and centrality of popular resistance in the framework of culture, history, and struggle. He reveals his thoughts on the war on terrorism and the invasion of Afg
- Author: Said, Edward W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 19 2019
- ISBN10: 1608463133
- Language: English
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Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine
$35.99 Add to cartIn June 2007 civil war broke out in the Gaza Strip between two rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah. Western peace efforts in the region always focused on reconciling two opposing fronts: Israe… [more below]
- Author: Schanzer, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 11 2008
- ISBN10: 0230609058
- Language: English
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The Enchantingly Easy Persian Cookbook: 100 Simple Recipes for Beloved Persian Food Favorites
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the kitchens of Persian families to your dining table, with The Enchantingly Easy Persian Cookbook you’ll enjoy easy-to-follow recipes that achieve the vibrant flavors of authentic Persian cuisin
- Author: Hasanzadenemati, Shadi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: December 20 2016
- ISBN10: 1623157633
- Language: English
