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Daring to Drive

January 7, 2019

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If I had to sum up Manal al-Sharif’s memoir Daring to Drive in one sentence it would be: Saudi Arabia is a country that despises women. I didn’t know this. Somehow, I thought it was one of the more ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: contemporary life, cultural, Middle East, Simon & Schuster, women

The Pasha of Cuisine

September 10, 2018

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The light radiating from the Pasha of Cuisine spread across fields, gardens, orchards, and farms, and from there penetrated kitchens, the hands of cooks, and palates, beginning a new era of opulence, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Arcade Publishing, cultural, historical fiction, magical realism, Middle East

Before She Sleeps by Bina Shah

August 10, 2018

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  Men’s physical appetites are huge, but their emotional appetites are without end. Set in Green City, the capital of South West Asia Before She Sleeps is a dystopic novel along the lines ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, cultural, dystopia, Middle East, science fiction, women

The Map of Salt and Stars

May 14, 2018

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Making maps is the fulcrum for Jennifer Joukhadar’s debut novel, The Map of Salt and Stars. Rawiya and Nour are young women who tell their stories side by side even though they are separated by almost ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, contemporary life, cultural, Middle East, mythology, Touchstone, war

Salt Houses: A Novel

May 15, 2017

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There are plenty of times when fiction ventures into territory that is unfamiliar—in fact, that’s one of the reasons I love it so much. But Salt Houses, the debut novel from Hala Alyan is about a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, cultural, debut, family saga, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Middle East, war

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