Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
By: Zahra Hankir
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homeland…
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1. On Palestine
By: Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé
4.25
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dea… read more
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- politics
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"It's quite standard for those who hold the clubs to say: "Forget about everything that happened and let's just go on from here." In other words, "I've got what I want, and out forget about what your …"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
"How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that we are. We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others…"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
2. Salt Houses
By: Hala Alyan
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. … read more
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3. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
By: Ilan Pappé
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more
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4. Gaza Writes Back (#1)
By: Refaat Alareer
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
"Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine", edited by Refaat Alareer i… read more
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5. The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World
By: Nawal El Saadawi , Sherif Hetata
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
This powerful account of brutality against women in the Muslim world remains as shocking today as w… read more
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6. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
By: Cornel West , Angela Y. Davis , Frank Barat
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Ange… read more
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7. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
By: Siddharth Kara
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times… read more
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- politics
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"Now you understand how people like us work?"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of a…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
8. Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire
By: Jehad Abusalim
4.70
Format: 279 pages, Paperback
Imagining the future of Gaza beyond the cruelties of occupation and Apartheid, Light in Gaza is a p… read more
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- history
- memoir
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- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
9. Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS
By: Azadeh Moaveni
4.04
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Guest House for Young Widows charts the different ways women were recruited, inspired, or compelled… read more
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10. It's Not About the Burqa
By: Mariam Khan
4.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? In 2016, Mari… read more
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"I believe the role of the writer is to tell society what it pretends it does not know."-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa
"In early Islam in seventh century Arabia, Muslim women were feisty and unafraid to fight for their rights. With the passing of the centuries, their dramatic progress stagnated and stalled, causing th…"-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa
"Dissecting the rishta sites quickly becomes me and Fiz's favorite pastime. 'Look at this one, Fiz, look at this one. "i am looking for simple, obedient girl." Vom!' 'Why doesn't he just advertise for…"-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa
"Revolutions 'go too far': if your community is ready for you, then you are too late. You must challenge your community. You must throw down the gauntlet of freedom to your community and dare it to ac…"-Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa
11. Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
By: Zahra Hankir
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homeland… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
- womens
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12. Minor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more
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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
13. Rifqa
By: Mohammed El-Kurd
4.66
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani… read more
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"Sing me a song of home break a dish or two throw a stone or two because the screams make me nostalgic: I almost don't fear the sirens."-Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa
14. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- politics
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- nonfiction
15. We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I
By: Raja Shehadeh
4.19
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
16. Sex and Lies
By: Leïla Slimani
3.96
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The first work of non-fiction in English from the prize-winning and internationally bestselling aut… read more
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- womens
"Devenir une femme est un parcours semé d'humiliations. Face à la police, face à la justice comme dans l'espace public, être une femme est un inconvénient. Comme l'écrivait le romancier turc Livaneli …"-Leïla Slimani, Sex and Lies
17. Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too
By: Ijeoma Oluo
4.46
Format: 256 pages, ebook
From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an ey… read more
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- nonfiction
18. On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist
By: Clarissa Ward
4.53
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The recipient of multiple Peabody and Murrow awards, Clarissa Ward is a world-renowned conflict rep… read more
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- memoir
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- journalism
19. They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom
By: Ahed Tamimi
4.69
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates th… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
20. White Torture: Interviews with Iranian Women Prisoners
By: Narges Mohammadi
4.16
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Female prisoners of conscience and activists speak out against torture in Iranian prisons WINNER O… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Against the Loveless World
By: Susan Abulhawa
4.50
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radical… read more
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"From him I learned who those legislating morality and pretending to be more virtuous than the rest of us really are."-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World
"But I know now that going from place to place is just something exiles have to do. Whatever the reason, the earth is never steady beneath our feet."-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World
"The continuity of these traditions helped bridge the spaces between dislocation and the home I had forged in my birthright homeland, but I knew I could never again be complete in one place. This was …"-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World
"Music is like spoken language, inextricable from its culture. If you don't learn a language early in life, its words will forever come out wrinkled and accented by another world, no matter how well y…"-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World
22. The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power
By: Noam Chomsky
4.19
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American colla… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
23. Courting Samira
By: Amal Awad
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Set in Sydney, Australia, Courting Samira is a charming and frothy romantic comedy about a twenty-s… read more
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24. White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
By: Ruby Hamad
4.56
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
This explosive book of history and cultural criticism argues that white feminism has been a weapon … read more
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- womens
"This weaponization of White Womanhood continues to be the centerpiece of an arsenal used to maintain the status quo and punish anyone who dares challenge it."-Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
"White women can oscillate between their gender and their race, between being the oppressed and the oppressor. Women of color are never permitted to exist outside of these constraints: we are both wom…"-Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
"Yes, it is true women of color have been the targets of a setup of monumental proportions, something that amounts to nothing short of a covert war against us. But it is also true that these attacks a…"-Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
25. A Rebel in Gaza: Behind the Lines of the Arab Spring, One Woman's Story
By: Asmaa al-Ghoul
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Gaza has always been rebellious . . . stubborn, addictive, I'm her daughter and I look like her. A … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
26. Putih: Warna Kulit, Ras, dan Kecantikan di Indonesia Transnasional
By: L. Ayu Saraswati
4.35
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
Di Indonesia, berkulit putih dipandang sebagai norma kecantikan. Obsesi memiliki kulit putih membua… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
27. The Material
By: Camille Bordas
3.42
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A single momentous day transforms the lives of students and professors at a school for stand-up com… read more
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28. The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World
By: Kehinde Andrews
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A damning exploration of the many ways in which the effects and logic of anti-black colonialism con… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
29. An Unlasting Home
By: Mai Al-Nakib
4.08
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
The debut novel from an award-winning short story writer: a multigenerational saga spanning Lebanon… read more
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30. By the River: Essays from the Water's Edge
By: Amy-Jane Beer
3.56
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
What is a river?, asks Amy-Jane Beer, in the opening essay of this collection, which blends nature … read more
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- essays
31. What Have You Left Behind?
By: Bushra Al-Maqtari
4.39
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Reminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich, What Have You Left Behind? p… read more
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