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  • Tablet & Pen

    Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East

    Bearbeitet von Reza Aslan …
    Serien series Words Without Borders
    A Words Without Borders Anthology"Remarkable . . . a triumph . . . connects us at the level of our humanity, no matter where we may be from."— Los Angeles TimesThe countries that stretch along the broad horizons of the Middle East—from Morocco to Iran, from Turkey to Pakistan—boast different cultures, different languages, and different religions. Yet the literary landscape of this dynamic part of … Lesen Sie mehr

    16,79 €

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  • Journey from the Land of No

    A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran

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  • Strange Times, My Dear

    The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature

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  • Rumi: Bridge to the Soul

    Journeys into the Music and Silence of the Heart

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    In 1948, as violence erupts in Jerusalem, a young Arab woman, Hind Husseini, finds fifty-five abandoned children in the streets and faces the biggest challenge of her life. Hind establishes the Dar El-Tifel orphanage, dedicating her life to providing love, support and education to the children, changing their destiny.As the years pass and the conflict rages on, Hind finds that - despite her best … Lesen Sie mehr

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  • The Storyteller's Daughter

    One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland

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    Winner of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, Nuruddin Farah is one of Africa's most respected contemporary writers. Maps is the first novel in his acclaimed Blood in the Sun trilogy, set in his native land. Askar lost his father in the bloody war between Ethiopia and Somalia, and his mother died giving birth to him. Taken in by Misra, a kindhearted woman, he grows up in a small … Lesen Sie mehr

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  • A Palace in the Old Village

    von 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 … Lesen Sie mehr

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