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Celebrating the forthcoming publication of The Calligrapher's Secret
The new novel from the acclaimed Syrian writer Rafik Schami.

The Dark Side of Love has been shortlisted for the 2010 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
Arabia Books has published acclaimed Syrian novelist Rafik Schami's The Dark Side of Love

Naguib Mahfouz Medal For Literature Announced


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The Collar and the Bracelet

The Collar and the Bracelet


by Yahya Taher Abdullah

Set in the Upper Egyptian village of Karnak against the backdrop of the British campaigns in Sudan, the Second World War, and the war in Palestine, The Collar and the Bracelet tells the saga of the Bishari family—a family ripped apart by the violence of history, the dark conduits of human desire, and the rigid social conventions of village life.

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  2008-09-01
  978-977-416-145-2
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The Crane

The Crane


by Halim Barakat Translated by Bassam Frangieh and Ro

In The Crane, the renowned Syro-Lebanese author Halim Barakat creates a narrator who looks back wistfully on his life.

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  2008-09-01
  978-977-416-141-4
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The Dreams

The Dreams


by Naguib Mahfouz Translated by Raymond Stock

In this collection of his newest and shortest short stories, the Egyptian Nobel literature laureate has reduced the fictional form to its most essential level, while retaining his justifiably famous mastery of the storytelling art.

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  2008-09-01
  978-977-424-866-5
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Morning and Evening Talk

Morning and Evening Talk


by Naguib Mahfouz

Morning and Evening Talk is an epic tale of Egyptian life over five generations set in Cairo.

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  2008-09-01
  978-977-416-099-8
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Dreams of Departure

Dreams of Departure


by Naguib Mahfouz Translated by Raymond Stock

In this second collection of writing based on his own dreams serialized in a Cairo magazine before his death in 2006, Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz again displays his matchless ability to tell epic stories in uncannily terse form.

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  2008-09-01
  978-977-416-067-7
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Price: £11.99