Middle Eastern Fiction

Caravana de sueños condensa la esencia del pensamiento oriental a través de un banquete de cuentos, dichos, poemas y alegorías, recopilado por uno de los más destacados expertos en filosofía oriental. Idries Shah construye una imagen completa de una consciencia única, relacionando la mitología con la realidad, iluminando patrones y diseños históricos, y presentando leyendas filosóficas en esta antología excepcional.

Eleventh century, Northern Spain. Isabella has been a nun in the Christian kingdom of Galicia since she was a child, a gifted herbalist leading a quiet and spiritual life, devoted to God. But on a rare journey outside of the convent, she is taken by Viking raiders and sold to Morocco as a slave. Cruelly treated by her first owner, salvation comes from an unlikely source: Yusuf bin Tashfin, leader of a vast Muslim army intent on conquering all of North Africa. Isabella must struggle not only to survive her new life but to hold true to her faith, which is tested by great dangers...

Beirut is the 2009 World Book Capital, as designated by UNESCO, and at the center of the festivities, in collaboration with the world-renowned Hay Festival, is a competition to identify the 39 most promising young talents in Arab literature. The selection of the "Beirut 39" follows the success of a similar competition in the 2007 World Book Capital, Bogot, celebrating achievements in Latin American literature.

تسرد هذه الرواية قصة فراق عاشها أحد الرجال، وفقد على إثرها ثقته بالحبّ. هو رجل غامض جدًا، يتوجه برسالة من ذكرياته للكاتبة «أحلام مستغانمي»، ويتقرب من بطلة القصة والتي تعمل كاتبة، وتكشف الأحداث من هو هذا الرجل وماذا يريد من البطلة.

Leili could not have imagined that arriving late to Islamic morals class would change the course of her life. But her arrival catches the eye of a young man, and a chance meeting soon draws Leili into a new circle of friends and artists. Gathering in the cafes of Tehran, these young college students come together to create an underground play that will wake up their generation. They play with fire, literally and figuratively, igniting a drama both personal and political to perform their play - just once.

Über dreißig Erzählungen von namhaften Autorinnen und Autoren aller Generationen führen vom Mittelmeer bis in die Berge Ostanatoliens. Die Geschichten sind so gegensätzlich wie das Land selbst: Menschen erzählen von Liebe, Sehnsucht, der Familie und dem Streben nach einem besseren Leben. Herausragende Sprecher nehmen ihre Zuhörer*innen mit auf eine Reise durch die Vielfalt von Völkerlandschaften, Lebensformen und Landschaften der Türkei.

إن فكرة الكتابة عمن تحب فكرة قديمة بل وأصيلة في التاريخ الإنساني..فالحب مهما كان سيجعلك فالحب في حالة ليس لها تفسير....

Mullah Nasruddin (Nasreddin Hoca), the eight-centuries-old wise fool character originating from Turkey and the Levant, is the subject of thousands of funny, wise tales, jokes, and anecdotes told across the Middle and Far East and retold today worldwide. Carefully chosen from beloved authentic sources, these short stories and folk tales will bring readers a smile, nod, or chuckle of self-recognition.

One woman’s decision. The fate of an entire family...Berlin, 1933. Erich, a Jew, and Hilde, a Christian, are a young couple, the parents of Yvonne, and owners of a small book publishing firm. With Hitler’s rise to power and the persecution of Jews, their lives are destroyed in an instant. The Nazis burn their books and, fearing for their lives, the family is forced to escape to Holland. The many hardships, however, tear the family apart when Hilde chooses to return to Germany together with Yvonne, leaving Erich, who immigrates to Palestine. Will he ever see his family again?

A witch. A cop. A spell. Did her magic net her the wrong man? Or the right one? Yasmin has been in love with Tristan Goodman since she took the job at his family’s witchcraft shop several years ago. He’s never really noticed her, not the way she wants. One little love spell can’t cause that much trouble, can it? But when Yasmin winds up in the middle of a gang war, and in the arms of LA Detective Luke Salzone, she realizes she might have been wishing on the wrong star after all… Luke doesn’t believe in magic, nor in anything he can’t see or touch. But he just might start to ...

The Prophet is Kahlil Gibran's most famous work. He focuses on human relationships, as well as many other topics, including love, friendship, passion, work, good and evil, and time in a beautiful, simple, lyrical style.

Every book is an invitation to a journey. Not all journeys are worth the time, though. This book, Ali, by Joshua Sabey and Ali Alsamar, offers a journey worth taking—actually many journeys, including stories from the Qur’an and the Bible, family lore (from two families), and ancient glimpses into the human struggle through another Iraq's adventures: Sinbad.

Háfiz (1315-1390) was a lyric poet, a major figure in classical Persian literature. The compendious anthology of his poetry simply titled the Divan contains several hundred odes, from which this small selection was made by the translator. In the introduction Bicknell writes: ...we must look upon Háfiz as one of the few poets in the world who utters an unbroken strain of joy and contentment. His poverty was to him a constant fountain of satisfaction, and he frankly took the natural joys of life as they came....

הם היו ארבעה שיצאו לג´ונגל הבוליביאני: קארל, עבריין אוסטרי שהתחזה לגיאולוג, מרקוס השוויצרי, קווין האמריקני ויוסי גינסברג, צעיר ישראלי מרמת גן, שיצא לטיול הגדול לדרום אמריקה. שנה קודם לכן הוא עבד באלסקה כדי לחסוך כסף למסע, עבד בעבודות מזדמנות בניו יורק, התגנב לאוניית שעשועים בפוארטו ריקו והגיע כנוסע סמוי לאיי הבתולה. את ונצואלה וקולומביה חצה בטרמפים ובג´ונגל של אקוודור התארח אצל שבט אינדיאנים. בפרו הוא פגש את מרקוס וביחד נסעו לבוליביה, שם נפגשו עם קווין ועם קארל. הימים שלאחר כניסתם לג´ונגל היו מסמרי שיער, וכשכ גבר הרעב נאלצו לאכול קופים. כעבור זמן מה התפרקה החבורה.

प्रेम आणि राग या दोन्ही प्रवृत्ती जागृत करणारी ही एक सशक्त कलाकृती आहे.

هذه قصة من القصص الذاتية، تقوم ذات من الذوات الإنسانية بدور من يبين ويبرز أهمية اكتشاف الإنسان للقدرات الذاتية الكامنة بداخله عن طريق الملاحظة والفعل والتأمل ثم الاختيار، ومن خلال مواقف وأحداث شخصيات الرواية ، إلى جانب أهمية الإمكانيات التي تمكنه من التفاعل الإيجابي مع معاناته الخارجية والداخلية، واكتساب مهارات وتقنيات إدارة الأبعاد الروحية والجسدية والعقلية والقلبية . هذه الرواية تحكي أحداثا يومية تمر بمعظم الناس وكيف أن هذه الأحداث تعطينا رسائل وحكم نستفيد منها في حياتنا.

שנות השישים בקאבול, בירת אפגניסטן. שני ילדים, אמיר וחסן, נולדים באותו בית מידות ויונקים משדיה של אותה מינקת, אך למרות זאת, הם גדלים בעולמות שונים לחלוטין. אמיר הוא בנו של איש עסקים עשיר ומכובד, מעמודי התווך של קאבול; חסן הוא בנו של עלי, המשרת של באבא, אביו של אמיר. אמיר הוא פאשטוני, מוסלמי סוני, בן לאליטה השלטת באפגניסטן. חסן הוא האזארי, בן למיעוט אתני נחשל ומנודה. לשני הילדים האלה — קאבול שלפני הפלישה הסובייטית היא עיר קסומה, ססגונית, מלאה ריחות אקזוטיים, בזארים שוקקי חיים ותחרויות להפרחת עפיפונים, שכל העיר יוצאת לקחת בהן חלק.

" زمرةٌ من الخيول كانت تركض في تناسقٍ بديعٍ، على إيقاع واحد، أصوات حوافرهم وهي تقدح الأرض يتناغم مع ضربات قلوبهم المتلاحقة، كانت قوائمهم تصطف على التوازي بشكل أنيق وهم يتسابقون، وقد وحّدوا سرعتهم وكأنّهم نسيج واحد، خفّ المطر شيئًا فشيئًا حتى صار كدمع العين هتونًا رقيقًا، وانبثق قوس المطر يزيِّن صفحة السماء ويصافح خط الأفق من بعيد. صهل فرس منهم فعلت جلجلة رفاقه بأصوات صافية مُسْتَدقة، ثُمّ تقدّمهم فلاحقوه ضبحًا حتى وصلوا أخيرًا لبستان واسع أخضر مدهام.

In a US-occupied Iraq torn apart by war and sectarian violence, a group of westerners, Arabs and Iraqis share the experience of dealing with life-and-death challenges as they try to carve out a semblance of a normal life amid the chaos and lawlessness. With characters who may never meet under normal circumstances, the book brings them together in often tragic situations induced by their survival instincts, ambition, or hatred.

Kurdish Syria, 2014. Karin longs to fight for her freedom. Except she’s forced to stay home while her brother heads into battle and ISIS advances. But when death and destruction arrive at the city gates, Karin shoulders her rifle and prepares to engage. Roza aches for the peaceful life of a wife and mother. But when she loses her husband in mortar fire, her grief drives her into the female militia to defend her family. Her rage only grows when she discovers her friend's sister has been captured by ISIS. Fighting side-by-side with their fellow sisters, Karin and Roza launch a daring and ...