Arabia Books

Murder in the Tower of Happiness


by M. M. Tawfik

Inside the Tower of Happiness, Cairo’s super-rich live out their sordid lives and lavish lifestyles. The naked, strangled body of Ahlam, a beautiful young actress, is discovered in one of the lifts, and as the police investigation gets under way we meet the tower’s strange cast of characters. Living amongst them is Antar, a boy who roams the tower, enters apartments and overhears conversations. Unsettled by his presence, the residents’ decadent lives begin to unravel.

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Price: £7.19

Cities Without Palms


by Tarek Eltayeb

The debut novel from a rising Sudanese writer, 'Cities Without Palms' tells the tale of young man who leaves his native village in Sudan and sets out alone to seek work in the city, in order to save his mother and two sisters from famine and disease.

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Price: £5.59

The Mirage

A Modern Arabic Novel from Egypt
by Naguib Mahfouz

A psychological study of the first order with a subtly Freudian flavour, The Mirage is the autobiographical account of Kamil Ru’ba, a tortured soul who finds himself unduly struggling to cope with life’s challenges.

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Price: £15.20

In a Fertile Desert

Modern Writing from the United Arab Emirates
by Denys Johnson-Davies

A volume of short stories from this commercially and culturally vital and vibrant center of the Arab world. Some tell of the struggles faced in the early days, while others bring the immediate past and the present together, revealing that the past, with all its difficulties and dangers, nonetheless possesses a certain nostalgia.

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Price: £5.59

The Tiller of Waters


by Hoda Barakat

Available now! This novel about conflict-torn Beirut is part of the new Arabia Books series.

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Price: £6.40