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Fiction
The Other Americans By Laila Lalami
F LALAMI Laila
About the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant that is at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story.
F LALAMI Laila
About the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant that is at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story.
The Frightened Ones By Dimah Wannus
F WANNOUS Dima
When Nassim must flee, he gives Suleima a manuscript whose protagonist's life bears discomforting similarities to her own. Whose story is it? And how much of her own history can she believe?
F WANNOUS Dima
When Nassim must flee, he gives Suleima a manuscript whose protagonist's life bears discomforting similarities to her own. Whose story is it? And how much of her own history can she believe?
The Meursault Investigation By Kamel Daud
F DAOUD Kamel
This response to Camus's The Stranger is at once a love story and a political manifesto about post-colonial Algeria.
F DAOUD Kamel
This response to Camus's The Stranger is at once a love story and a political manifesto about post-colonial Algeria.
10 Minutes 38 seconds in this Strange World By Elif Shafak
F SHAFAK Elif
As Tequila Leila dies, the secrets and wonders of modern Istanbul come to life, painted vividly by the captivating tales of how Leila came to know and be loved by her friends.
F SHAFAK Elif
As Tequila Leila dies, the secrets and wonders of modern Istanbul come to life, painted vividly by the captivating tales of how Leila came to know and be loved by her friends.
Secret Son By Laila Lalami
F LALAMI Laila
Youssef El Mekki has always had big dreams of living another life. Suddenly his dreams are within reach when he discovers that his father--whom he'd been led to believe was dead--is very much alive.
F LALAMI Laila
Youssef El Mekki has always had big dreams of living another life. Suddenly his dreams are within reach when he discovers that his father--whom he'd been led to believe was dead--is very much alive.
In the Country of Others By Leila Slimani
F SLIMANI Leila
After marrying a Moroccan soldier during World War II, a young Frenchwoman is torn.
F SLIMANI Leila
After marrying a Moroccan soldier during World War II, a young Frenchwoman is torn.
This is All Your Fault By Aminah Mae Safi
TEEN SAFI
Three young female employees work together to stop the Wild Nights Bookstore and Emporium from closing.
TEEN SAFI
Three young female employees work together to stop the Wild Nights Bookstore and Emporium from closing.
What Strange Paradise By Omar El Akkad
F EL AKKAD Omar
Omar looks at the global refugee crisis through the eyes of a child.
F EL AKKAD Omar
Omar looks at the global refugee crisis through the eyes of a child.
The Map of Salt and Stars By Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
F JOUKHADER Jennifer
A story of two girls living 800 years apart—a modern-day Syrian refugee seeking safety and a medieval adventurer apprenticed to a legendary mapmaker.
F JOUKHADER Jennifer
A story of two girls living 800 years apart—a modern-day Syrian refugee seeking safety and a medieval adventurer apprenticed to a legendary mapmaker.
Salt Houses By Hala Alyan
F ALYAN Hala
Foreseeing blessings and troubles in the lives of her daughter and grandchildren, Salma endures hardships stemming from the Six-Day War of 1967 in Palestine.
F ALYAN Hala
Foreseeing blessings and troubles in the lives of her daughter and grandchildren, Salma endures hardships stemming from the Six-Day War of 1967 in Palestine.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation By Otessa Moshfegh
F MOSHFEGH Ottessa
It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and a unnamed young protagonist initiates a yearlong siesta.
F MOSHFEGH Ottessa
It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and a unnamed young protagonist initiates a yearlong siesta.
Frankenstein in Baghdad By Ahmed Sa’dawi
F SAADAWI Ahmed
When a corpse goes missing, a wave of eerie murders sweeps the city, and reports stream in of a horrendous-looking criminal who, though shot, cannot be killed.
F SAADAWI Ahmed
When a corpse goes missing, a wave of eerie murders sweeps the city, and reports stream in of a horrendous-looking criminal who, though shot, cannot be killed.
We Hunt the Flame By Hafsah Faizal
TEEN FAIZAL
Huntress Zafira must disguise herself as a man to seek a lost artifact that could return magic to her cursed world.
TEEN FAIZAL
Huntress Zafira must disguise herself as a man to seek a lost artifact that could return magic to her cursed world.
The Thirty Names of Night By Zeyn Joukhadar
F JOUKHADAR Zeyn
Follows three generations of Syrian Americans who are linked by a mysterious species of bird and the truths they carry close to their hearts.
F JOUKHADAR Zeyn
Follows three generations of Syrian Americans who are linked by a mysterious species of bird and the truths they carry close to their hearts.
Throne of the Crescent Moon By Saladin Ahmed
FAN AHMED Saladin CRESCENT 1
Three superheroes bound together by a series of magical murders must work together to prevent world destruction.
FAN AHMED Saladin CRESCENT 1
Three superheroes bound together by a series of magical murders must work together to prevent world destruction.
If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English By Noor Naga
F NAGA Noor
An Egyptian American woman visiting her parents' homeland begins a dark romance with a photographer.
F NAGA Noor
An Egyptian American woman visiting her parents' homeland begins a dark romance with a photographer.
If You Could Be Mine By Sara Faizan
TEEN FARIZAN
Sahar and Nasrin love each other in secret until Nasrin's parents announce their daughter's arranged marriage and Sahar proposes a drastic solution.
TEEN FARIZAN
Sahar and Nasrin love each other in secret until Nasrin's parents announce their daughter's arranged marriage and Sahar proposes a drastic solution.
Darius the Great is Not Okay By Adib Khorram
TEEN KHORRAM
Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.
TEEN KHORRAM
Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.
These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany
F EL-WARDANY Salma
It's always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. A tale of reclaiming friendship.
F EL-WARDANY Salma
It's always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. A tale of reclaiming friendship.
Non-Fiction
Persepolis By Marjane Satrapi
ADULT GN SATRAPI
Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
ADULT GN SATRAPI
Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
Our Women on the Ground By Zahra Hankir
070.4 OUR
19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection.
070.4 OUR
19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection.
Ten Years Later By Hoda Kotb
155.2 KOT
The Today show co-anchor shares the inspirational stories of six individuals.
155.2 KOT
The Today show co-anchor shares the inspirational stories of six individuals.
This Is What America Looks Like By Ilhan Omar
328.73 OMA
An intimate and rousing memoir by trailblazer Ilhan Omar the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women, elected to Congress.
328.73 OMA
An intimate and rousing memoir by trailblazer Ilhan Omar the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women, elected to Congress.
Reading Lolita in Tehran By Azar Nafisi
820.9 NAF
Nafisi’s account flashes back to the early days of the revolution, when she first started teaching at the University of Tehran amid the swirl of protests and demonstrations.
820.9 NAF
Nafisi’s account flashes back to the early days of the revolution, when she first started teaching at the University of Tehran amid the swirl of protests and demonstrations.
Leap of Faith By Queen Noor
921 NOOR
Queen Noor talks frankly of the many challenges of her life as wife and partner to the monarch.
921 NOOR
Queen Noor talks frankly of the many challenges of her life as wife and partner to the monarch.
Love is An Ex-Country By Randa Jarrar
813 JAR
In this memoir of a cross-country road trip, Jarrar explores how to claim joy.
813 JAR
In this memoir of a cross-country road trip, Jarrar explores how to claim joy.
The Words of My Father By Khalil Yousef Bashir
956.94 BAS
For Bashir everything changes when the Second Intifada erupts and soldiers occupy the family home.
956.94 BAS
For Bashir everything changes when the Second Intifada erupts and soldiers occupy the family home.