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The Scents of Marie-Claire


by Habib Selmi

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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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Learning English

A Modern Arabic Novel from Lebanon
by Rachid Al-Daif

No matter how hard Rachid tries to recreate himself, to become educated and wordly – to ‘learn English’ – it is impossible for this hip Beiruti with his cell phone and high-speed internet to sever the connection to his past in the Lebanese village of Zgharta, know for its ‘tough guys’ and old-fashioned clan mentality.

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B as in Beirut

A Modern Arabic Novel from Lebanon
by Iman Humaydan Younes

The four interlocking narratives that make up this extraordinary novel belong to four women who live in the same apartment building in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war.

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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