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Talk of Darkness
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
The gripping memoir of a Moroccan human rights and women’s rights activist.
I've Learned Some Things
By Ataol Behramoglu; Translated by Walter G. Andrews
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
An English-Turkish bilingual volume of poetry by one of Turkey’s most celebrated poets.
Fortune Told in Blood
By Davud Ghaffarzadegan; Translated by M. R. Ghanoonparvar
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
A prominent Iranian author writes about the Iran-Iraq War—from the Iraqi point of view.
Siraaj
An Arab Tale
By Radwa Ashour; Translated by Barbara Romaine
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
A novella by a popular Egyptian writer that explores the struggle against tyrannical oppression, set in the rich cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Women on a Journey
Between Baghdad and London
By Haifa Zangana; Translated by Judy Cumberbatch
University of Texas Press
A novel by a Kurdish-Iraqi writer that gives voice to contemporary Iraqi women’s experiences of political repression, violence, exile, and the yearning for peace.
The Director and Other Stories from Morocco
University of Texas Press
New stories about modern Morocco and its people by critically acclaimed author Leila Abouzeid.
Folktales from Syria
By Samir Tahhan; Translated by Andrea Rugh; Introduction by Andrea Rugh; Illustrated by Douglas Rugh
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
Syrian poet Samir Tahhan collected folktales from old men sitting outside their houses in Aleppo, drinking tea.
Whatever Happened to Antara?
And Other Stories
By Walid Ikhlassi; Translated by Asmahan Sallah and Chris Ellery; Introduction by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
Short stories from a Syrian writer.
Children of the Waters
By Ibtihal Salem; Translated by Marilyn Booth
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
This collection of Ibtihal Salem's writing provides an excellent forum for studying both everyday life in Egypt and current literary experimentation in the Middle East.
They Die Strangers
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
A novella and thirteen short stories by this distinguished Yemeni writer, dealing with the common experiences of Yemenis like himself who are caught between cultures by the displacements of civil war or labor migration.
Passage to Dusk
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
This novel deals with the Lebanese civil war of the 1970s in a postmodern, poetic style.
Return to Childhood
The Memoir of a Modern Moroccan Woman
By Leila Abouzeid; Translated by Leila Abouzeid and Heather Logan Taylor; Introduction by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
A noted Moroccan writer's memoir of her childhood during Morocco's struggle for independence.
No Rattling of Sabers
An Anthology of Israeli War Poetry
Translated by Esther Raizen
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
Hebrew poetry written in response to the wars in which Israel was involved during the last fifty years.
The Waiting List
An Iraqi Woman's Tales of Alienation
Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
Set in Iraq, Cyprus, and Lebanon, these stories shed light on an unusual Middle East refugee experience--that of a cultural refugee, a divorced woman who is educated, affluent, and alone.
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