Arabia Books

Wild Mulberries


by Iman Humaydan Younes

Set in 1930's Lebanon, Wild Mulberries is the poignant coming-of-age tale of Sarah, a girl on the brink of adulthood, sharing her life with the spectre of her absent mother.

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Price: £6.40

The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist


by Emile Habiby

Named as one of the top ten novels set in the Arab World by The Guardian, 2010. A novel that imitates the classic tale of optimism, Candide's Voltaire.

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Price: £6.41

Munira's Bottle


by Yousef al-Mohaimeed

A new novel from the bestselling Saudi author of Wolves of the Crescent Moon

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Price: £13.60

East Winds, West Winds


by Mahdi Issa al-Saqr

A novel of life in the British-run oilfields of Iraq in the middle of the twentieth century. Mahdi Issa Al-Saqr has been named as Iraqi fiction’s ‘pioneering author’ by Banipal. NEW - In store now at the bookHaus

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Price: £9.99

Cairo Swan Song

A Modern Arabic Novel from Egypt
by Mekkawi Said

Cairo, Mother of the World, embraces millions—but some of her children make their home in the streets, junked up and living in the shadows of wealth, among the monuments that the tourists flock to see. Mustafa, a former student radical who never believed in the slogans, sets out to tell their story, but he has to rely on the help of his American girlfriend, Marcia, who he is not sure he can trust.

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Price: £7.19