The Beauty of Your Face
By: Sahar Mustafah
4.19
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A Palestinian American woman wrestles with faith, loss, and identity before coming face-to-face wit…
Want to Read $ 9.99"You do not laugh at someone who is trying; only at fools who do not give themselves a chance."-Sahar Mustafah, The Beauty of Your Face
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1. Mornings in Jenin
By: Susan Abulhawa
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel that could do for Palestine what The Kite Runner did fo… read more
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- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
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 Blue Between Sky and Water
By: Susan Abulhawa
4.15
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of Mornings in Jenin, a novel about four generations of… read more
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4. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
By: Zoulfa Katouh
4.50
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had h… read more
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- historical fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Bury me before I bury you" I did."-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
"There are enough people hurting you,"-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
"I’ll make it as soon as I’m done with this."-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
"He bites his lip. “Please take of yourself."-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
5. 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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6. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
"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
7. 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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- muslims
- adult
- contemporary
"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
8. The Beauty of Your Face
By: Sahar Mustafah
4.19
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A Palestinian American woman wrestles with faith, loss, and identity before coming face-to-face wit… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- islam
- muslims
- religion
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- novels
- adult
"You do not laugh at someone who is trying; only at fools who do not give themselves a chance."-Sahar Mustafah, The Beauty of Your Face
9. Evil Eye
By: Etaf Rum
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking explor… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"(...) she shrugged to articulate her feelings, even to herself. Words diluted things, made them smaller."-Etaf Rum, Evil Eye
"Her family had always been told to classify themselves as white because of their Middle Eastern origins. But Yara had never considered herself white or been viewed as white by anyone else, and markin…"-Etaf Rum, Evil Eye
10. 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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11. A Woman Is No Man
By: Etaf Rum
4.26
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
This debut novel by a Palestinian-American voice takes us inside the lives of a conservative Arab f… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
"It’s hard to belong anywhere, truly belong, if we don’t belong to ourselves first."-Etaf Rum, A Woman Is No Man
"Her powerlessness even comforted her somehow. Knowing that she couldn't change things - that she didn't have a choice - made living it more bearable."-Etaf Rum, A Woman Is No Man
"Sadness was like a cancer, she thought, a presence that staked it's claim so quietly you might not even notice it until it was too late. She hoped her other daughters didn't see."-Etaf Rum, A Woman Is No Man
"It's the loneliest people who love books the most...it was the opposite of loneliness, too, like there were too many people around me, forced connections, that I needed a little isolation to think on…"-Etaf Rum, A Woman Is No Man
12. 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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13. Behind You Is the Sea
By: Susan Muaddi Darraj
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
14. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
"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
15. You Exist Too Much
By: Zaina Arafat
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
On a hot day in Bethlehem, a 12-year-old Palestinian-American girl is yelled at by a group of men o… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
"When you don’t want to lose someone, it’s so tempting to deceive them."-Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much
"Appetite is embarrassing enough; visibly trying to satiate it, utterly mortifying."-Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much
16. 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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- islam
- muslims
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
17. The Arsonists' City
By: Hala Alyan
4.31
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rend… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- adult
18. In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home
By: Mona Hajjar Halaby
4.31
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Refugees are like seeds that scatter in the wind, and land in different soils that become their re… read more
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- contemporary
19. Much Ado about Nada
By: Uzma Jalaluddin
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A sparkling second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion... Nada Syed is stuck. On… read more
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- muslims
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Life really was bizarre on occasion."-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada
"He didn't want anything to change, ever. And so nothing changed for anyone in her family. Ever."-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada
"A world doesn't exist where I don't choose you, Nada beta, over everyone else. I will always choose you."-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada
"My parents want to leave a legacy. We want to create our own. We're all just making it up as we go along."-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada
20. Something More
By: Jackie Khalilieh
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism d… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"No matter how far I've come and no matter how hard I try, beneath the mask will always be a girl who's afraid of being left behind."-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More
"Maybe if people can get past the things that make me different on the outside, then they might try to get to know the real me. And maybe I’ll let them."-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More
21. Mother Country
By: Etaf Rum
4.19
Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition
A young Palestinian American woman comes to terms with the lessons imparted by her mother in an evo… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
