Arab and Arab Diaspora Literature We Recommend

List of the Month
april 2024 (see all)
Beschrijving
In honor of Arab American Heritage Month, our List of the Month this April is devoted to Arab and Arab Diaspora Literature that we have read and recommend. For the purpose of this list, "literature" is defined to include fiction, poetry and plays. It does not include history, sociology, or other non-fiction works. Books should be written by Arab / Arab diaspora authors, which we define as being ethnically Arab, and either coming from Arabic-speaking nations and peoples, or descended from those nations and peoples. Please do not include Turkish, Persian or Afghani authors. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme, and are not Arab or Arab Diaspora literature.
1
Frankenstein in Baghdad
door Ahmed Saadawi
791 leden
33 besprekingen
½ 3.6
5 Members
Aquila, ursula, AnnieMod, noveltea, Onilyn
Verklaringen
AnnieMod: The 2014 winner of International Prize for Arabic Fiction
2
De kaart van zout en sterren
door Zeyn Joukhadar
772 leden
40 besprekingen
3.8
5 Members
msjudy, Onilyn, lillybaker123, micathe.local.femboy, claudiashakti
3
Minor Detail
door Adania Shibli
416 leden
23 besprekingen
4
4 Members
ursula, AnnieMod, Silviote, ash.smash
4
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street
door Naguib Mahfouz
1,158 leden
17 besprekingen
½ 4.3
4 Members
Pferdina, nessreader, susanbooks, hikarugenji
5
De profeet
door Kahlil Gibran
14,306 leden
167 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, claudiashakti
6
Het Yacoubian
door Alaa al-Aswani
2,042 leden
96 besprekingen
½ 3.6
3 Members
lilithcat, kleo, micathe.local.femboy
7
The Turtle of Oman
door Naomi Shihab Nye
369 leden
18 besprekingen
3.8
3 Members
AbigailAdams26, micathe.local.femboy, claudiashakti
Verklaringen
AbigailAdams26: An engaging work of middle grade fiction from Palestinian American author Naomi Shihab Nye, about a young boy facing a move from his home country of Oman to the US.
8
The Butterfly's Burden
door Mahmoud Darwish
122 leden
4.1
2 Members
Tess_W, arwa-fm
9
The Quarter: Stories
door Naguib Mahfouz
48 leden
12 besprekingen
½ 3.5
2 Members
gypsysmom, hikarugenji
10
Throne of the Crescent Moon
door Saladin Ahmed
1,361 leden
95 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
yoyogod, micathe.local.femboy
11
Moussa, of de dood van een Arabier
door Kamel Daoud
880 leden
37 besprekingen
½ 3.5
2 Members
thorold, nessreader
Verklaringen
thorold: The Algerian view of Albert Camus’ L’étranger
12
De beschaving is mijn moeder
door Driss Chraïbi
129 leden
6 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
thorold, arwa-fm
13
Zoutpilaren. Een vriendschap tussen twee vrouwen in Jordanië.
door Fadia Faqir
108 leden
3 besprekingen
4
2 Members
kleo, susanbooks
14
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
door Mosab Abu Toha
46 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
ursula, Silviote
15
Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.
door Noor Hindi
41 leden
5
2 Members
susanbooks, claudiashakti
16
Before the Queen Falls Asleep
door Huzama Habayeb
4 leden
1 bespreking
5
2 Members
Helenliz, claudiashakti
17
What Strange Paradise
door Omar El Akkad
397 leden
28 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
gypsysmom, Dorothy2012
18
Vrouwen tussen hemel en zand
door Hanan Al-Shaykh
524 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.3
2 Members
LolaWalser, micathe.local.femboy
19
The Thirty Names of Night
door Zeyn Joukhadar
312 leden
9 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
msjudy, arwa-fm
20
The Queue
door Basma Abdel Aziz
252 leden
7 besprekingen
½ 3.5
2 Members
kleo, gypsysmom
21
The Wild Fox of Yemen: Poems
door Threa Almontaser
60 leden
2 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
AnnieMod, arwa-fm
22
De Midaksteeg
door Naguib Mahfouz
1,450 leden
39 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
gypsysmom, hikarugenji
23
In de verte een minaret verhalen uit Egypte
door Alifa Rifaat
193 leden
3 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
LolaWalser, susanbooks
24
Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets
door G. B. H. Wightman
67 leden
2 besprekingen
3.1
2 Members
Michael.Rimmer, arwa-fm
25
The Unquiet Dead
door Ausma Zehanat Khan
478 leden
44 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
Tess_W, gypsysmom
Verklaringen
gypsysmom: The author is the daughter of people who are part of the Arab diaspora and she has lived in Gaza herself. This book is mainly set in Toronto but references the war in the Balkans and has a Muslim detective.
26
The Italian
door Shukrī Mabkhoūt
22 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.3
2 Members
AnnieMod, arwa-fm
Verklaringen
AnnieMod: The winner of the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
27
Een overbodige vrouw
door Rabih Alameddine
1,250 leden
85 besprekingen
4
Member
msjudy
28
De meiden van Riaad
door Rajaa Alsanea
1,202 leden
72 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Member
ValerieAndBooks
29
Ferdaoes
door Nawal El Saadawi
1,049 leden
36 besprekingen
3.9
Member
LolaWalser
30
Een verblindende afwezigheid van licht
door Tahar Ben Jelloun
536 leden
18 besprekingen
4.1
Member
raidergirl3
31
Gewijde nacht
door Tahar Ben Jelloun
362 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Member
Rommert
32
Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale
door Ibn Tufayl
273 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
paradoxosalpha
33
Red Suitcase
door Naomi Shihab Nye
133 leden
2 besprekingen
4
Member
chellerystick
34
The Three Lucys
door Hayan Charara
33 leden
5 besprekingen
4.1
Member
AbigailAdams26
Verklaringen
AbigailAdams26: A heartbreaking picture book from Lebanese American author Hayan Charara about a child's experience of war.
35
The Storyteller of Damascus
door Rafik Schami
28 leden
4
Member
slimikin
36
Passage to Dusk
door Rachid al-Daif
24 leden
1 bespreking
4.9
Member
fannyprice
37
Velvet
door Huzama Habayeb
17 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Member
Ling.Lass
38
Les Deux Chapelles: 1938-1940 poèmes
door Céline Axelos
1 lid
Member
Maddz
Verklaringen
Maddz: Céline Axelos was a member of a Lebanese literary family and resided for many years in Alexandria, Egypt.
39
De vertellers
door Rabih Alameddine
879 leden
36 besprekingen
3.9
Member
ValerieAndBooks
40
De Arabier van de toekomst
door Riad Sattouf
736 leden
31 besprekingen
3.9
Member
Ling.Lass
41
De Niro's Game
door Rawi Hage
615 leden
27 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Member
raidergirl3
42
Sand and Foam
door Kahlil Gibran
570 leden
6 besprekingen
3.9
Member
Michael.Rimmer
43
Ten Ways to Hear Snow
door Cathy Camper
365 leden
7 besprekingen
4.2
Member
AbigailAdams26
Verklaringen
AbigailAdams26: A lovely picture book from Arab American author Cathy Camper, featuring the bond between grandmother and granddaughter, and their appreciation for the natural world around them.
44
Dansende Arabieren
door Sayed Kashua
171 leden
9 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Member
Tess_W
45
Palestine's Children: Returning to Haifa and Other Stories
door Ghassan Kanafani
151 leden
5 besprekingen
4.1
Member
fannyprice
46
Three Holidays and a Wedding
door Uzma Jalaluddin
103 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Member
Dorothy2012
47
Rifqa
door Mohammed El-Kurd
89 leden
½ 4.7
Member
ursula
48
The Teeth of the Comb and Other Stories
door Osama Alomar
44 leden
3 besprekingen
4.2
Member
lilithcat
49
Les Marches d'Ivoire: Poèmes
door Céline Axelos
1 lid
Member
Maddz
Verklaringen
Maddz: Céline Axelos was a member of a Lebanese literary family and resided for many years in Alexandria, Egypt.
50
Seizoen van de trek naar het noorden
door Tayeb Salih
1,666 leden
47 besprekingen
3.8
Member
Tess_W
51
De lachsteen
door Hoda Barakat
97 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
fannyprice
Verklaringen
fannyprice: An amazing novel about a gay man trying to cope with life and come to terms with his identity during the Lebanese Civil War in the late 1980s.
52
Hotline
door Dimitri Nasrallah
63 leden
2 besprekingen
3.9
Member
Dorothy2012
53
Voices of the Lost
door Hoda Barakat
55 leden
2 besprekingen
3.2
Member
AnnieMod
Verklaringen
AnnieMod: The 2019 winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction
54
De dood is een zware klus
door Khālid Khalīfah
259 leden
16 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Member
ursula
55
Het verhaal van Zahra
door Hanan Al-Shaykh
244 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.3
Member
LolaWalser
56
Deluge
door Leila Chatti
44 leden
½ 4.5
Member
susanbooks
57
Heart of the Night
door Naguib Mahfouz
41 leden
3 besprekingen
4
Member
Michael.Rimmer
58
Beirut '75
door Ghada Samman
24 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
Member
fannyprice
59
Hamda and Fisaikra
door Kaltham Al-Ghanem
3 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.5
Member
AbigailAdams26
Verklaringen
AbigailAdams26: A gorgeous retelling of an Arabian Cinderella variant from Qatari author Kaltham Al-Ghanem.
60
The Book of Disappearance
door Ibtisam Azem
46 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
ursula
61
Fullblood Arabian
door Osama Alomar
32 leden
2 besprekingen
4
Member
LolaWalser
62
Tales of a Severed Head
door Rachida Madani
19 leden
2 besprekingen
3
Member
Michael.Rimmer
63
Mah and Me
door Ibtihaj Al-Harthi
3 leden
1 bespreking
4
Member
AbigailAdams26
Verklaringen
AbigailAdams26: A heartfelt and poignant picture book examination of the loss of a grandparent, from Omani author/artist Ibtihaj Al-Harthi.
64
Koolaids: The Art of War
door Rabih Alameddine
136 leden
1 bespreking
4
Member
susanbooks
65
Adonis: Selected Poems
door Adonis
95 leden
½ 4.7
Member
Michael.Rimmer
66
The Lemon
door Mohammed Mrabet
93 leden
5 besprekingen
3.8
Member
LolaWalser
67
The Illustrator's Notebook
door Mohieddine Ellabbad
48 leden
4 besprekingen
4.1
Member
AbigailAdams26
Verklaringen
AbigailAdams26: A gorgeous picture book with multimedia artwork from Egyptian author and artist Mohieddine Ellabbad.
68
Brooklyn Heights
door Miral al-Tahawy
46 leden
4 besprekingen
2.9
Member
AnnieMod
69
Celestial Bodies
door Jokha Alharthi
555 leden
21 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Member
AnnieMod
70
Century of Locusts
door Malika Mokeddem
37 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
Member
susanbooks
71
Who's Afraid of Meryl Streep?
door Rashid al-Daif
17 leden
½ 2.5
Member
LolaWalser
72
We Wrote in Symbols: Love and Lust by Arab Women Writers
door Selma Dabbagh
16 leden
3
Member
ursula
73
Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories
door Ghassan Kanafani
318 leden
10 besprekingen
4.1
Member
LolaWalser
74
Mother of Strangers
door Suad Amiry
47 leden
½ 3.3
Member
ursula
75
Confessions
door Rabee Jaber
38 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
Member
susanbooks
76
Short Arabic Plays: An Anthology
door Salma Khadra Jayyusi
8 leden
½ 4.3
Member
AnnieMod
77
A Sister to Scheherazade
door Assia Djebar
122 leden
3 besprekingen
3.1
Member
susanbooks
78
Hunters in a Narrow Street
door Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
13 leden
4
Member
LolaWalser
79
De wonderlijke lotgevallen van Sa'ied de Pessoptimist
door Imīl Ḥabībī
260 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Member
LolaWalser
80
Some Dream for Fools
door Faïza Guène
111 leden
5 besprekingen
3.2
Member
susanbooks
81
De reis
door Ibn Battuta
338 leden
5 besprekingen
3.9
82
The Twenty-Ninth Year
door Hala Alyan
46 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
83
Arabs: a 3,000-year history of peoples, tribes and empires
door Tim Mackintosh-Smith
226 leden
2 besprekingen
4
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Not fiction or poetry, not by an Arabic (or diasporic) author.
84
Exit West
door Mohsin Hamid
3,616 leden
231 besprekingen
3.8
Member
gypsysmom, ,susanbooks ,Rommert ,Michael.Rimmer
Verklaringen
susanbooks: Hamid is Pakistani
85
I Saw Ramallah
door Mourid Barghouti
310 leden
9 besprekingen
4.1
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Neither fiction nor poetry.
86
Farewell Fountain Street
door Selçuk Altun
3 leden
1 bespreking
3
Member
Helenliz,lilithcat , , ,fannyprice ,AnnieMod ,Rommert ,Michael.Rimmer ,
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Author is Turkish, not Arabic.
: Tenuto conto che l'autore è del 1950 non si può nemmeno collegarlo all'impero ottomano: è turco al 100%
87
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
door Fatima Mernissi
902 leden
22 besprekingen
3.8
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Neither fiction nor poetry.
88
Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad: The True Story of an Unlikely Friendship
door Bee Rowlatt
127 leden
10 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Neither fiction nor poetry.
89
Robaiyat
door Omar Khayyám
2,918 leden
34 besprekingen
4
Member
cipeciop, ,lilithcat , , ,fannyprice ,AnnieMod ,susanbooks ,Rommert ,Michael.Rimmer , ,
Verklaringen
lilithcat : What susanbooks said; Persians are not Arabs.
susanbooks: Wonderful work, but Persian.
: Anche se da alcuni suoi trattati si sviluppò lo studio dell'algebra da parte degli arabi resta persiano!
90
Ik ben pelgrim
door Terry Hayes
2,828 leden
175 besprekingen
4
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Not an Arabic author.
91
Zandstorm
door James Rollins
2,449 leden
56 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Rollins is Polish-American, not Arabic.
92
De vliegeraar
door Khaled Hosseini
52,841 leden
1,300 besprekingen
4.2
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Author is Afghani, not Arabic.
susanbooks: Not Arab
: E' afghano: inserirlo in questa lista significa fare confusione tra i termini arabo e islamico
93
Duizend schitterende zonnen
door Khaled Hosseini
30,328 leden
895 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Author is Afghani, not Arabic.
susanbooks: Not Arab.
: E' afghano: inserirlo in questa lista significa fare confusione tra i termini arabo e islamico
94
Exodus
door Leon Uris
4,198 leden
66 besprekingen
4.1
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Not Arab literature. Uris was Jewish-American.
: not Arab
: Non arabo, filo israeliano. Bene in una lista sul conflitto tra Palestina e Israele, ma non coerente per la scrittura araba e della diaspora
95
De Hadji
door Leon Uris
1,635 leden
28 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Not Arab literature. Uris was Jewish-American.
: Non arabo, filo israeliano. Bene in una lista sul conflitto tra Palestina e Israele, ma non coerente per la scrittura araba e della diaspora
96
De Bron
door James A. Michener
3,987 leden
61 besprekingen
4.1
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Not Arab or diasporic literature.
Cecrow : Great book, but agree it's not Arab
: Not remotely Arab
97
The Kill Artist
door Daniel Silva
2,498 leden
71 besprekingen
3.8
Verklaringen
lilithcat : Daniel Silva is NOT Arabic.
: The story is an Israeli-Palestinian trope, not based on an Arab diaspora theme; written by an American, born in the USA.
98
De rode tent
door Anita Diamant
16,930 leden
394 besprekingen
4
Verklaringen
lilithcat : ARAB literature? Are you kidding me? First of all, the author is an American. Secondly, the novel is about Jews. Criminy.
Tess_W : Jewish literature
: Mi pare non c'entri proprio nulla con la letteratura araba