Maryam’s Maze

A Modern Arabic Novel from Egypt
by Mansoura Ez Eldin

Maryam’s Maze is an enigmatic novel by one of the most promising authors of a vibrant new generation of Egyptian writers. Set in the house of Yusuf el Tagi, Maryam’s Maze relates the story of a woman struggling to find her way through the confusion of the world around her.

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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

Cell Block Five

A Modern Arabic Novel from Iraq
by Fadhil Al-Azzawi

Being plucked from a Baghdad café and deposited in a cell block for political prisoners is a wakeup call for Aziz, the novel’s hero and narrator, as he is finally forced to come to terms with the flawed world we inhabit and shape.

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The Final Bet

A Modern Arabic Novel from Morocco
by Abdelilah Hamdouchi

'The Final Bet' is the first Arabic detective novel to be translated into English. In it in Othman, a handsome young Moroccan man, returns home to discover his elderly French wife, Sofia, brutally murdered in their bedroom. Educated but unemployed, Othman had been in desperate straits before meeting Sofia, who pampered him ...

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Gold Dust

A Modern Arabic Novel from Libya
by Ibrahim al-Koni

Winner of the 2008 Zayed Creativity AwardRunner-up of the Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation 2009.... Rejected by his tribe and hunted by the kin of the man he killed, Ukhayyad and his thoroughbred camel flee across the desolate Tuareg deserts of the Sahara. Eligible for free UK delivery.

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Price: £7.19