Arabic books from Africa

Recommended Arabic books (7)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you speak Arabic here are some Arabic books from Africa for the next part of the "Read Around The World Challenge".
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Azazeel by Youssef Ziedan AR

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Country: Africa / Egypt flag Egypt
Description:
In this haunting and controversial novel, Youssef Ziedan confronts issues as vital today as they were nearly two millennia ago. Set in the 5th century AD, Azazeel is the exquisitely crafted tale of a Coptic monk's journey from Upper Egypt to Alexandria and then Syria during a time of massive upheaval in the early Church. Winner of the Arab Booker Prize, Azazeel highlights how the history of our civilization has been warped by greed and avarice since its very beginnings and how one man's beliefs are challenged not only by the malice of the devil, but by the corruption with the early Church. In ... continue

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Catalogue of a Private Life by Najwa Bin Shatwan AR

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Africa / Libya flag Libya
Description:
A collection of short stories by one of the Arab world's most accomplished and acclaimed writers. A grandmother who takes on a thief trying to seduce her daughters. A guard who fantasises about killing his general while locked in battle with a non-existent enemy. A film script about Libya's traffic problems improvised at a workshop. A woman's letter from her old school, which is now a makeshift refugee camp. A cow straying into a field, breaking an age-old truce between warring factions. The eight stories of Catalogue of a Private Life feel like oft-recounted folktales, where the ordinary has ... continue





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في قلبي أنثى عبرية by د.خولة حمدي AR

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Tunisia flag Tunisia
Description:
لم تكن قد بلغت التاسعة من عمرها حين توفيت والدتها. أما والدها فقد توفي قبلها بسنوات، مخلفًا عائلته الصغيرة تعيش الفاقة والحرمان. وكان يجب على الأرملة الوحيدة أن تبحث عن عمل. لم يكن بإمكانها أن ترفض عرض جيرانها اليهود الأغنياء بالعمل عندهم كمدبرة منزل، فهم سيوفرون لها المسكن والمأكل، ويتكفلون برعاية ابنتها الصغيرة، حتى تواصل تعليمها وتنشأ في ظروف مناسبة. ولم يكن اختلاف الديانة ليغير في الأمر شيئًا. طوال سنوات من التجاور، نشأت علاقة فريدة من نوعها بين العائلتين، ما جعلهما موضع سخرية من البعض، وحسد من البعض الآخر. نشأت ريما بين أحضان عائلة جاكوب اليهودية وهم يعتبرونها فردًا منهم. فقد كانت بهجة ال... continue


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