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  • Sarab

    A Novel

    by Raja Alem ...
    November 1979. Violence has broken out in the holiest site of Islam after a charismatic rebel and his devoted followers have announced the coming of the Mahdi and seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Among the insurgents is a young woman, Sarab, disguised as a man. As the horror and chaos of the siege reach their peak, she escapes and encounters a French officer from the opposing side. They form an ... Read more

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  • Fatma

    A Novel of Arabia

    by Raja Alem ...
    Series series Middle East Literature In Translation
    'There was a blue cast to Satjma's handsomely sculpted mesmerizing tale of earthbound witchery and celestial love."Fatma, an Arabian peasant girl, unwittingly embarks upon a strange journey of transformation the day her father marries her off to a snake handler. Unbeknownst to the new bride, her husband milks the venom of his snakes for use in potions he sells on the side. Bitten by one of the ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ArabLit Quarterly: Fall 2018

    ArabLit Quarterly

    by Zakariya Tamer, Stella Gaitano, Asmaa Azaizeh, Wadie Saadeh, Muhammad Abdelnabi, Rasha Abbas, Raja Alem, Sofia Samatar, David Kanbergs, Layla Azmi Goushey, Munsif al-Wahaybi, Hanan Natour, Sania Saleh ...
    Series series ArabLit Quarterly
    The first-ever issue of ArabLit Quarterly brings together short stories and poetry by exciting Arabic-language writers translated into English such as South Sudanese writer Stella Gaitano, Syrian short-story writer Zakariya Tamer, Palestinian poet Asmaa Azaizeh (translated into English, French, and Dutch), Lebanese poet Wadie Saadeh, Egyptian writer Muhammad Abdelnabi, Saudi writer Raja Alem, and ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Wrath & the Dawn

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  • The River of Silver

    Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy

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    Bestselling author S. A. Chakraborty’s acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy gets expanded with this new compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events of The City of Brass, The Kingdom of Copper, and The Empire of Gold, all from the perspective of characters both beloved and hated, and even those without a voice in the novels. The River of Silver gathers material both seen and new ... Read more

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