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  • Faces

    by Mohamed Choukri ...
    Translated by Jonas Elbousty ...
    The first English translation of one of the novels that helped change modern Arab literatureMohamed Choukri, one of the most important writers of modern Moroccan literature, grew up in extreme poverty in Tangier and was illiterate until the age of twenty. After learning to read, he realized that "writing could also be a way to expose, to protest against those who have stolen my childhood, my ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Reading Mohamed Choukri’s Narratives

    Hunger in Eden

    Edited by Jonas Elbousty, Roger Allen ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature
    Reading Mohamed Choukri’s Narratives presents an intricate exploration into the life and literary universe of Mohamed Choukri, a towering figure in 20th-century Moroccan literature. Known primarily for his groundbreaking autobiographical work "al-Khubz al-Ḥāfī" (For Bread Alone), Choukri's literary influence extends well beyond this single work. This book seeks to cast a light on his broader body ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • The Screams of War

    Selected Poems

    by Akram Alkatreb ...
    Translated by Jonas Elbousty ...
    Series series The Arab List
    Lyrical and powerful poems that serve as a powerful reminder of the human cost of war.“Those who believe in the currency of patience / Were burned out in the alleyway.”The Screams of War is a visceral collection of poems that confront the realities of contemporary Syria. Akram Alkatreb’s verses capture the sense of the quotidian during war. His words, mere “murmurs engraved on stones,” long for ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Tales of Tangier

    The Complete Short Stories of Mohamed Choukri

    by Mohamed Choukri ...
    Translated by Jonas Elbousty ...
    Series series The Margellos World Republic of Letters
    The complete short stories of acclaimed Moroccan author Mohamed Choukri, translated into English and collected in one volume for the first timeMohamed Choukri’s vivid stories invite the reader to wander the streets of Tangier, the ancient coastal crossroads between Europe and Africa, and to meet its denizens at markets, beaches, cafés, and brothels. Choukri’s Tangier is a place where newborns are ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Media Arabic

    Journalistic Discourse for Advanced Students of Arabic

    by Jonas Elbousty ...
    Media Arabic provides advanced students of Arabic with a range of engaging texts on controversial and contemporary topics that reflect the current social and political environment in the Middle East.Divided into ten thematic modules, each module includes three units based on a selection of authentic newspaper articles that dive deep into topics as diverse as climate change, racism, and corruption. ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • Advanced Arabic Literary Reader

    For Students of Modern Standard Arabic

    by Jonas Elbousty, Muhammad Aziz ...
    Advanced Arabic Literary Reader is a truly representative collection of literary extracts from across the Arabic-speaking world. Extracts from each country in the Arab world have been carefully selected, with a balance of both male and female writers and prominent and emerging voices, providing a unique window into the Arab world.Suitable for both class use and independent study, each extract is ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

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  • Leaving Tangier

    by Tahar Ben Jelloun ...
    Translated by Linda Coverdale ...
    Tangier, in the early 1990s: Young Moroccans gather regularly in a seafront cafe to gaze at the lights on the Spanish coast glimmering in the distance. Facing a future with few prospects in a country they feel has failed them, their disillusionment is matched only by their desire to reach this paradise - so close and yet so far, not least because of the treacherous waters separating the two ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • A Palace in the Old Village

    by Tahar Ben Jelloun ...
    From 'Morocco's greatest living author' (The Guardian) comes a heartbreaking novel about parents and children, the powerful pull of home and the yearning for tradition and family. Mohammed has spent the past 40 years working in France. As he approaches retirement, he takes stock of his life - his devotion to Islam and to his assimilated children - and decides to return to Morocco, where he spends ... Read more

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  • Blood Feast

    The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf

    by Malika Moustadraf ...
    Translated by Alice Guthrie ...
    A cult classic by Morocco’s foremost writer of life on the margins.Malika Moustadraf (1969–2006) is a feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrated for her stark interrogation of gender and sexuality in North Africa.Blood Feast is the complete collection of Moustadraf’s published short fiction: haunting, visceral stories by a master of the genre. A teenage girl suffers through a ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Last Chapter

    by Leila Abouzeid ...
    This thought-provoking, semi-autobiographical book tells the story of Aisha, a young Moroccan woman, and her struggle to find an identity in the Morocco of the second half of the twentieth century. Charting Aisha's path through adolescence and young adulthood up to the present, her story is told through a series of flashbacks, anecdotes, and glimpses of the past, all bound up with a strong, often ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Three Drops of Blood

    by Sadegh Hedayat ...
    The title story, Three Drops of Blood, follows the protagonist's increasingly unstable mental state through the repeated occurrence of three drops of blood, while 'Hadji Murat' depicts an almost Joycean epiphany in classically understated terms, as a man mistakes another woman for his wife. These are stories which, though set in a distinctive milieu, deal with universal truths and cut to the very ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Being Abbas el Abd

    A Modern Arabic Novel

    by Ahmed Alaidy ...
    "The millennial generation's most celebrated literary achievement." Al-Ahram Weekly "The first glimmer of hope for a true fictional renaissance an instantly rewarding read embraced by an unprecedented range of literary figures" The Daily Star "What is madness?" asks the narrator of Ahmed Alaidy's jittery, funny, and angry novel. Assuring readers that they are about to find out, the narrator takes ... Read more

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