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Garfinkel, Jonathan	Ambivalence By: Garfinkel, Jonathan Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 7468 Memoir Abstract: "Ambivalence: Crossing the Israel/Palestine Divide". This provocative memoir chronicles Garfinkel's travels in Israel and Palestine and his journey away from a Zionist education in Toronto. $23.95 See More Detail or Order >
Hillay, Muhammad Ali Hassal / Translated by E.A. Nassir	An Hour with Ghosts By: Hillay, Muhammad Ali Hassal / Translated by E.A. Nassir Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 14611 Memoir Abstract: Know, noble reader of our book, that my story is not an imaginary one, neither is it a stage-play; but it is a true story and a past incident which happened to me in my childhood, when I was seven years old, and my family were dwelling at Kerbala (which is a city in Iraq), when I fell sown on my head from a high place in our house, so that I took off my material body and got out of it; I saw ghosts and spirits, talked with them as do I talk with living persons and I saw many things with which I wasn't familiar. So I was astonished of my condition. $8.00 See More Detail or Order >
Zuhur, Sherifa	Asmahan's Secrets, Woman, War and Song By: Zuhur, Sherifa Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 6422 Biography Abstract: The great Arab singer Asmahan was the toast of Cairo song and cinema in the 1930's, as World War II approached. This story by Zherifa Zuhur will provide glimpses also into aspects of the cultural and political history of Egypt and Syria between the two world wars. $28.00 See More Detail or Order >
Radi, Nuha	Baghdad Diaries 1991-2002 By: Radi, Nuha Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4577 Memoir Abstract: This is a recent book about Iraq that describes it as a real country. Excellent entries by Nuha al-Radi. $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Khalil, Zena	Beirut, I Love You By: Khalil, Zena Hardcover \| English \| Product Code: 10678 Memoir Abstract: A memoir by Zena El Khalil. This is the story of Zena, a young woman who has fallen under the spell of a city that threatens to engulf her in war, grief and love affairs. $20.00 See More Detail or Order >
Kanj, Jamal Krayem	Children of Catastrophe By: Kanj, Jamal Krayem Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 12417 Biography-Palestine Abstract: This book tells the remarkable story of a Palestinian refugee, following his journey from childhood in the Nahr El Bared Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, becoming a member of the PLO, through to eventual emigration, a new life as an engineer in the United States, and a 'return' trip to historic Palestine. $24.95 Sale Price: $15.95 See More Detail or Order >
Abdul-Aziz, Zaid	Darkness To Sunlight - The Life-Changing Journey of Zaid Abdul-Aziz (Don Smith, En) By: Abdul-Aziz, Zaid Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5754 Memoir Abstract: By Zaid Abdul-Aziz, a memoir in the Arabic language. $22.95 See More Detail or Order >
Choukri, Muhammad	For Bread Alone By: Choukri, Muhammad Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4550 Memoir Abstract: Choukri's classic and moving work speaks for an entire generation of North Africans. This is a true document of human desperation. $11.00 See More Detail or Order >
Kadar, Maged	From Baghdad to Bedlam: An Immigrant's Tale By: Kadar, Maged Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 6627 Memoir Abstract: Maged's recollections are filled with a deep affection for his Iraqi and British homes. He struggles to reconcile the gap between the two. . . $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Clot, Andre	Harun al-Rashid and the World of Thousand and One Nights By: Clot, Andre Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4582 Biography Abstract: Andre Clot writes on the legend of Harun al-Rashid and the world of the thousand and one nights. $18.95 See More Detail or Order >
	Imam Shahid Hasan al-Banna Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5962 Biography Abstract: From Birth to Martyrdom, about Imam Hasan al-Banna $5.00 See More Detail or Order >
Kemal, Orhan / translated by Bengisu Rona	In Jail with Nazim Hikmet By: Kemal, Orhan / translated by Bengisu Rona Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 12504 Abstract: Two prisoners meet, both writers, both serving long sentences for allegedly inciting Turkish soldiers to mutiny. One is Turkey's most famous poet and communist, Nazim Hikmet; the other a young, aspiring poet, Orhan Kemal, who now shares a cell with the man whose work he has long admired. $15.95 See More Detail or Order >
Choukri, Muhammad	In Tangier By: Choukri, Muhammad Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 11709 Memoirs-Literature Abstract: A haven for many western writers in the tewntieth century, Tangier drew the likes of Paul Bowles, Jean Genet and Tennessee Williams, all of whom were befriended by Choukri. Choukri's recollections of these encounters are collected here in a single volume for the first time, along with an afterword never before published in English. The sights and sounds of 1970s Tangier are vividly brought to life, as are the larger-than- life characters of these cult figures. $15.95 See More Detail or Order >
Hofmann, Murad	Journey To Makkah By: Hofmann, Murad Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5753 Autobiography - Islam Abstract: Murad Hofmann's "Journey to Makkah" is much more than an account of the author's pilgrimages to the holy places of Islam, Makkah, and Madinah. It is a vivid description-based on personal (frequently quite adventurous or funny) experiences of what it means to put into practice the five pillars of Islam in even the most mundane fields of life. $9.95 See More Detail or Order >
Erguner, Kudsi	Journeys of a Sufi Musician (w/CD) By: Erguner, Kudsi Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5865 Memoir Abstract: Softcover Book, with Audio CD. Kudsi Erguner spent his childhood in the Sufi gathering places of Istanbul, mastering the reed flute of the Turkish Mevlevi tradition; and his adulthood roaming the world, performing with the likes of Peter Brook, Jean-Michel Jarre and Peter Gabriel. $21.95 See More Detail or Order >
Najjar, Najjar / Translated: Rae Azkoul	Kahlil Gibran: A Biography By: Najjar, Najjar / Translated: Rae Azkoul Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 10745 Biography Abstract: Translated from the French by Rae Azkoul, a biography by Alexandre Najjar. Gibran's life is retraced with a simplicity akin to that of Gibran's own writing, through his letters, his publisher's archives, and unpublished documents, revealing the extent of his influence on statesmen and fellow citizens alike, and the extraordinary message of peace and hope in all of his work. $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Ghoussoub, Mai	Leaving Beirut By: Ghoussoub, Mai Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 7625 Memoir Abstract: As a tribute to Mai Ghoussoub, who died suddenly on 17 February 2007, Saqi reprinted her memoir, 'Leaving Beirut' in April 2007, which has been received with critical acclaim. $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Gee, Maggie	My Animal Life By: Gee, Maggie Hardcover \| English \| Product Code: 12505 Abstract: Maggie Gee's journey started in a small family post-war Britain, when love, ambition and good behavior looked very different. $21.95 See More Detail or Order >
Farid, Abdul Magid	Nasser, The Final Years By: Farid, Abdul Magid Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5751 Biography - Etypt Abstract: This book by Abdel Magid Farid consists largely of records of meetings between President Nasser of Egypt and various world figures from June 22, 1967, following the Arab-Israeli war, to September 22, 1970, the day before Nasser died. $22.00 See More Detail or Order >
Harbi, Dalal Mukhlid	Prominent Women from Central Arabia By: Harbi, Dalal Mukhlid Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 7857 Biography Abstract: The book contains fifty-two biographies of women who lived from the beginning of the eighteenth century to mid-twentieth century. By Dalal Mukhlid al Harbi, $28.00 See More Detail or Order >
Hashmi, Abdul Munim / Translated by Rafiq Abdul Rahman	Quranic Stories of Women By: Hashmi, Abdul Munim / Translated by Rafiq Abdul Rahman Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 14615 Islam - Biographies Abstract: The Quranic stories of women are distinguished because of their beauty and objective. They offer beneficial Knowledge and guide us to approves principles and laws. These are not for a select group but for everyone. The English translation is as near the original Arabic as possible and we hope our readers will like it and gain from it. $8.00 See More Detail or Order >
Schwartz, Stephen	Sarajevo Rose - A Balkan Jewish Notebook By: Schwartz, Stephen Hardcover \| English \| Product Code: 5775 Memoir Abstract: Tracing the movements of the Sephardic Jews to the Balkans - following their expulsion from Spain during the Inquisition - Schwartz draws on place names, historical chronicles, epitaphs, folk ballads, banned books, and the media. $30.00 See More Detail or Order >
Choukri, Muhammad	Streetwise By: Choukri, Muhammad Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 10725 Autobiography Abstract: An autobiographical work. At the age of twenty Mohamed Choukri takes the momentous decision to learn to read and write, and joins a children's class at the local state school in Tangier. $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Clot, Andre	Suleiman the Magnificent By: Clot, Andre Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4581 Biography Abstract: Andre Clot writes about the life and achievements of Suleiman the Magnificent. $29.95 See More Detail or Order >
Makdisi, Jean Said	Teta, Mother and Me: An Arab Woman's Memoir By: Makdisi, Jean Said Hardcover \| English \| Product Code: 5750 Memoir Abstract: In this moving memoir Jean Said Makdisi lovingly chronicles the unsung private histories of three generations of women in her family. $28.95 See More Detail or Order >
Hussein, Taha	The Days By: Hussein, Taha Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 6432 Autobiography Abstract: Taha Hussein, His Autobiography in Three Parts. $15.00 See More Detail or Order >
Nadwi, Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali	The Glory of Iqbal By: Nadwi, Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 4450 Biography Abstract: "The Glory of Iqbal" by Shaykh Abul hasan Ali Nadwi is great work on the life of M. Iqbal and very thought provoking with much commentary on some of his most famous poetry. $10.95 See More Detail or Order >
Gibb, Sir Hamilton	The Life of Saladin By: Gibb, Sir Hamilton Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5831 Biography Abstract: By Sir Hamilton Gibb, "A compact, coherent and intensely sympathetic reconstruction of one of the heroes of Islam." - Robert Irwin. $14.95 See More Detail or Order >
Najjar, Alexandre	The Silence of My Father By: Najjar, Alexandre Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 12477 Biographies-Memoirs Abstract: "The Silence of My Father", Lebanese lawyer and literary critic Alexandre Najjar's touching tribute to his father. $12.95 See More Detail or Order >
Crampton, Hazel	The Sunburnt Queen - A True Story By: Crampton, Hazel Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5866 Biography Abstract: In the late 1730s, an unknown English East Indiaman smashed to pieces on the reefs of Lambasi Bay on South Africa's Wild Coast. Next morning, the local inhabitants stumbled upon Bessie, a seven-year-old English girl huddled beside a rock on the beach. $19.95 See More Detail or Order >
Manguel, Alberto	With Borges By: Manguel, Alberto Softcover \| English \| Product Code: 5855 Memoir Abstract: Memoirs by Alberto Manguel, and a winner of the 2003 Prix du livre en Poitou-Charentes $11.95 See More Detail or Order >