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Seviyye Talip

Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

A new translation of a best-selling novel about love, liberty, and exile in the final years of the Ottoman Empire.

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The Sky That Denied Me

Selected Poems

Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

Twenty intimate poems by renowned Lebanese poet Jawdat Fakhreddine, translated by his daughter Huda in collaboration with Roger Allen, explore such themes as familial love and connection, displacement, memory, and grief.

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Poetic Justice

An Anthology of Contemporary Moroccan Poetry

Edited by Deborah Kapchan
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

This anthology of Moroccan poetry by over seventy contemporary poets presents a significant contribution to the field of Moroccan literature in translation and will appeal to readers with an interest in Arabic poetry in general and the Moroccan dialect in

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The Black Rose of Halfeti

By Nazli Eray; Translated by Robert Finn
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

A novel of magical realism that encompasses love, aging, and the role of memory, The Black Rose of Halfeti takes readers on a journey through the landscapes of Turkey.

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Hend and the Soldiers

By Badriah Albeshr; Translated by Sanna Dhahir
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

Banned by the Saudi Arabian government, this novel by the high-profile author and journalist Badriah Albeshr explores women’s lives in the Saudi’s repressive kingdom.

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Twenty Girls to Envy Me

Selected Poems of Orit Gidali

By Orit Gidali; Translated by Marcela Sulak
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

In this English-Hebrew bilingual volume by Israeli poet Orit Gidali, domestic dramas become the stage on which the region’s political impasses play out in individual lives.

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A Portal in Space

Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

Masterfully bringing the sights and sounds of Iraq to life, this wise, wry tale by a prominent and prolific Iraqi novelist chronicles an affluent Iraqi family’s attempt to maintain a sense of normality during the Iran-Iraq war.

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The Scarecrow

Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

The concluding volume of Ibrahim al-Koni’s Oasis trilogy, begun in New Waw, Saharan Oasis and The Puppet, The Scarecrow completes a tale of greed and corruption that reveals the hollowness of tyrants.

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What Makes a Man?

Sex Talk in Beirut and Berlin

Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

This “novelized biography” by Lebanese novelist Rashid al-Daif and pointed riposte by German novelist Joachim Helfer demonstrate how attitudes toward sex and masculinity across cultural contexts are intertwined with the work of fiction, thereby highlighti

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Who's Afraid of Meryl Streep?

Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin

This novel by one of Lebanon’s best-known authors offers an intimate look at evolving attitudes toward virginity, premarital sex, and abortion in Lebanon as it draws a compelling portrait of a disintegrating marriage.

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