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📖 Arabic Fiction

Fiction written by or rooted in the Arabic literary tradition, offering readers intimate windows into societies, histories, and inner lives too often flattened by Western narratives.
Woman at Point Zero
by Nawal El Saadawi • 1975
On death row, an Egyptian woman shares her life of abuse and the murder she calls liberation.
4.24
31k+
✨ Feminist Classic💋 Sex Work🔥 Feminist Rage
Woman at Point Zero Summary
Woman at Point Zero 90%
On death row, an Egyptian woman shares her life of abuse and the murder she calls liberation.
by Nawal El Saadawi 1975
4.24
31k+ ratings
✨ Feminist Classic💋 Sex Work🔥 Feminist Rage
The Yacoubian Building
by Alaa Al Aswany • 2002
A fading Cairo building: three tenants test what dignity costs when the state is the landlord.
3.72
23k+
🏙️ Social Realism🎭 Ensemble Narrative🕌 Cairo Fiction
The Yacoubian Building Summary
The Yacoubian Building 89%
A fading Cairo building: three tenants test what dignity costs when the state is the landlord.
by Alaa Al Aswany 2002
3.72
23k+ ratings
🏙️ Social Realism🎭 Ensemble Narrative🕌 Cairo Fiction
An Unnecessary Woman
by Rabih Alameddine • 2013
At 72, a Beirut recluse has spent her life secretly translating masterpieces no one will ever read.
3.83
14k+
📖 Literary Character Study📚 Bookish Protagonist🏠 Solitary Woman
An Unnecessary Woman Summary
An Unnecessary Woman 88%
At 72, a Beirut recluse has spent her life secretly translating masterpieces no one will ever read.
by Rabih Alameddine 2013
3.83
14k+ ratings
📖 Literary Character Study📚 Bookish Protagonist🏠 Solitary Woman
In the Land of Invisible Women
by Qanta A. Ahmed • 2008
A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.
3.74
8k+
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia🩺 Medical Memoir🚻 Gender Segregation
In the Land of Invisible Women Summary
In the Land of Invisible Women 88%
A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.
by Qanta A. Ahmed 2008
3.74
8k+ ratings
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia🩺 Medical Memoir🚻 Gender Segregation
Islam and Democracy
by Fatema Mernissi • 1992
The Arab world resists democracy not over scripture but over a deeper terror: the free individual.
3.83
210
🕌 Political Islam👩 Islamic Feminism🌍 Arab Modernity
Islam and Democracy Summary
Islam and Democracy 88%
The Arab world resists democracy not over scripture but over a deeper terror: the free individual.
by Fatema Mernissi 1992
3.83
210 ratings
🕌 Political Islam👩 Islamic Feminism🌍 Arab Modernity
Excellent Daughters
by Katherine Zoepf • 2016
Young Arab women are renegotiating sex, marriage, and honor, far from the headlines.
3.88
1k+
👩 Arab Women🕌 Islamic Feminism🌸 Arab Spring
Excellent Daughters Summary
Excellent Daughters 88%
Young Arab women are renegotiating sex, marriage, and honor, far from the headlines.
by Katherine Zoepf 2016
3.88
1k+ ratings
👩 Arab Women🕌 Islamic Feminism🌸 Arab Spring
El hombre que calculaba
by Malba Tahan • 1938
A calculating prodigy arrives in medieval Baghdad and solves puzzles of camels, bread, and love.
4.10
7k+
🧮 Mathematical Fiction🕌 Islamic Golden Age🃏 Wise Fool
El hombre que calculaba Summary
El hombre que calculaba 88%
A calculating prodigy arrives in medieval Baghdad and solves puzzles of camels, bread, and love.
by Malba Tahan 1938
4.10
7k+ ratings
🧮 Mathematical Fiction🕌 Islamic Golden Age🃏 Wise Fool
The Stardust Thief
by Chelsea Abdullah • 2022
A jinn-relic smuggler must find a lamp for a sultan in a desert where secrets kill.
3.98
29k+
🌙 Arabian Nights Fantasy🏜️ Epic Desert Quest✨ Magical Relic Trade
The Stardust Thief Summary
The Stardust Thief 88%
A jinn-relic smuggler must find a lamp for a sultan in a desert where secrets kill.
by Chelsea Abdullah 2022
3.98
29k+ ratings
🌙 Arabian Nights Fantasy🏜️ Epic Desert Quest✨ Magical Relic Trade
Enter Ghost
by Isabella Hammad • 2023
A British-Palestinian actress joins a West Bank Hamlet, where the play's ghosts never stay onstage.
4.11
12k+
🇵🇸 Palestinian Literature🎭 Theatre Fiction🏠 Return To Homeland
Enter Ghost Summary
Enter Ghost 88%
A British-Palestinian actress joins a West Bank Hamlet, where the play's ghosts never stay onstage.
by Isabella Hammad 2023
4.11
12k+ ratings
🇵🇸 Palestinian Literature🎭 Theatre Fiction🏠 Return To Homeland
The Arabian Nights
by Anonymous
A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.
4.01
4k+
🖋️ Frame Narrative🌙 Middle Eastern Folklore🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps
The Arabian Nights Summary
The Arabian Nights 87%
A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.
by Anonymous
4.01
4k+ ratings
🖋️ Frame Narrative🌙 Middle Eastern Folklore🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
by Noor Naga • 2022
An Egyptian-American returns to Cairo to find her roots and falls into a consuming, doomed affair.
3.93
13k+
🌍 Postcolonial Literature❤️ Cross-Cultural Romance🗣️ Dual Narrative
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English Summary
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English 87%
An Egyptian-American returns to Cairo to find her roots and falls into a consuming, doomed affair.
by Noor Naga 2022
3.93
13k+ ratings
🌍 Postcolonial Literature❤️ Cross-Cultural Romance🗣️ Dual Narrative
Superman Is an Arab
by Joumana Haddad • 2012
An Arab feminist declares war on God, marriage, and the toxic myth of the invincible man.
3.53
682
🧕 Arab Feminism👩 Middle Eastern Women💪 Toxic Masculinity
Superman Is an Arab Summary
Superman Is an Arab 87%
An Arab feminist declares war on God, marriage, and the toxic myth of the invincible man.
by Joumana Haddad 2012
3.53
682 ratings
🧕 Arab Feminism👩 Middle Eastern Women💪 Toxic Masculinity
Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed
by Umera Ahmed • 1998
Abandoned by her Pakistani father, a British woman stumbles toward an unlikely redemption in Islam.
3.66
590
🖋️ Urdu Literature🕌 Spiritual Awakening💔 Father Abandonment
Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed Summary
Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed 87%
Abandoned by her Pakistani father, a British woman stumbles toward an unlikely redemption in Islam.
by Umera Ahmed 1998
3.66
590 ratings
🖋️ Urdu Literature🕌 Spiritual Awakening💔 Father Abandonment
Succession – Season Three
by Jesse Armstrong • 2023
A Lebanese poet speaks of love, loss, and a god found in the heart, not the temple.
4.82
216
🕊️ Spiritual Fiction🛐 Religious Hypocrisy💔 Forced Marriage
Succession – Season Three Summary
Succession – Season Three 87%
A Lebanese poet speaks of love, loss, and a god found in the heart, not the temple.
by Jesse Armstrong 2023
4.82
216 ratings
🕊️ Spiritual Fiction🛐 Religious Hypocrisy💔 Forced Marriage
Paradiso 17
by Hannah Lillith Assadi • 2026
Exiled from Palestine at five, he searches the world for home and finds only more leaving.
3.78
1k+
🗝️ Palestinian Diaspora🌳 Generational Saga💑 Cross-Cultural Marriage
Paradiso 17 Summary
Paradiso 17 87%
Exiled from Palestine at five, he searches the world for home and finds only more leaving.
by Hannah Lillith Assadi 2026
3.78
1k+ ratings
🗝️ Palestinian Diaspora🌳 Generational Saga💑 Cross-Cultural Marriage
The Road to Mecca
by Muhammad Asad • 1954
Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.
4.49
6k+
🕌 Islamic Spirituality📖 Spiritual Memoir🏜️ Desert Spirituality
The Road to Mecca Summary
The Road to Mecca 87%
Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.
by Muhammad Asad 1954
4.49
6k+ ratings
🕌 Islamic Spirituality📖 Spiritual Memoir🏜️ Desert Spirituality
Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East
by Marc Owen Jones • 2022
Gulf states built a global disinformation machine from bots, fake journalists, and Western PR firms.
4.21
19
🇸🇦 Middle East Politics🇦🇪 Gulf States📱 Digital Surveillance
Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East Summary
Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East 87%
Gulf states built a global disinformation machine from bots, fake journalists, and Western PR firms.
by Marc Owen Jones 2022
4.21
19 ratings
🇸🇦 Middle East Politics🇦🇪 Gulf States📱 Digital Surveillance
The Thirty Names of Night
by Zeyn Joukhadar • 2020
A Syrian American trans man follows a ghost bird and a hidden diary toward becoming himself.
4.01
5k+
🦋 Trans Self-Discovery📜 Hidden Queer History🫂 Chosen Family
The Thirty Names of Night Summary
The Thirty Names of Night 87%
A Syrian American trans man follows a ghost bird and a hidden diary toward becoming himself.
by Zeyn Joukhadar 2020
4.01
5k+ ratings
🦋 Trans Self-Discovery📜 Hidden Queer History🫂 Chosen Family
The City of Brass
by S.A. Chakraborty • 2017
Her healing con accidentally summons a djinn, dragging her into a hidden city's magical civil war.
4.14
158k+
🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy👑 Political Intrigue🧬 Hidden Heir
The City of Brass Summary
The City of Brass 87%
Her healing con accidentally summons a djinn, dragging her into a hidden city's magical civil war.
by S.A. Chakraborty 2017
4.14
158k+ ratings
🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy👑 Political Intrigue🧬 Hidden Heir
Samarkand
by Amin Maalouf • 1988
A manuscript of forbidden Persian verse travels from medieval Samarkand to the decks of the Titanic.
4.24
32k+
🔄 Dual Timeline📜 Persian History📖 Lost Manuscript
Samarkand Summary
Samarkand 87%
A manuscript of forbidden Persian verse travels from medieval Samarkand to the decks of the Titanic.
by Amin Maalouf 1988
4.24
32k+ ratings
🔄 Dual Timeline📜 Persian History📖 Lost Manuscript
A Hologram for the King
by Dave Eggers • 2012
In a half-built Saudi city, a fading salesman waits for a king who never arrives.
3.29
30k+
🌐 Economic Displacement⏳ Midlife Reckoning✉️ Unsent Letters
A Hologram for the King Summary
A Hologram for the King 87%
In a half-built Saudi city, a fading salesman waits for a king who never arrives.
by Dave Eggers 2012
3.29
30k+ ratings
🌐 Economic Displacement⏳ Midlife Reckoning✉️ Unsent Letters
Against the Loveless World
by Susan Abulhawa • 2019
Locked in the Cube, a Palestinian woman writes her life: dancer, outcast, rebel, lover.
4.50
32k+
🕊️ Palestinian Resistance🧳 Exile And Displacement💋 Sex Worker Protagonist
Against the Loveless World Summary
Against the Loveless World 87%
Locked in the Cube, a Palestinian woman writes her life: dancer, outcast, rebel, lover.
by Susan Abulhawa 2019
4.50
32k+ ratings
🕊️ Palestinian Resistance🧳 Exile And Displacement💋 Sex Worker Protagonist
Power, Politics and Culture
by Edward W. Said • 2001
The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.
4.26
613
🏛️ Postcolonial Theory🕌 Middle Eastern Politics🗺️ Cultural Imperialism
Power, Politics and Culture Summary
Power, Politics and Culture 87%
The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.
by Edward W. Said 2001
4.26
613 ratings
🏛️ Postcolonial Theory🕌 Middle Eastern Politics🗺️ Cultural Imperialism
Resistance
by Alastair Crooke • 2009
The Islamist revolution isn't about land: it's a fight over what a human being is.
4.00
36
🕌 Political Islam🌍 Middle East Politics✊ Islamist Resistance
Resistance Summary
Resistance 87%
The Islamist revolution isn't about land: it's a fight over what a human being is.
by Alastair Crooke 2009
4.00
36 ratings
🕌 Political Islam🌍 Middle East Politics✊ Islamist Resistance
A House Without Windows
by Nadia Hashimi • 2016
Her husband is dead, blood covers her hands, but this Afghan mother stays silent.
4.00
16k+
🏔️ Afghan Women🔗 Prison Sisterhood🤫 Protective Silence
A House Without Windows Summary
A House Without Windows 87%
Her husband is dead, blood covers her hands, but this Afghan mother stays silent.
by Nadia Hashimi 2016
4.00
16k+ ratings
🏔️ Afghan Women🔗 Prison Sisterhood🤫 Protective Silence
(The Unconsoled) [By
by Kazuo Ishiguro • 1995
A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.
3.59
19k+
🔮 Dream Logic🎹 Artist In Crisis🎭 Unreliable Narrator
(The Unconsoled) [By Summary
(The Unconsoled) [By 87%
A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1995
3.59
19k+ ratings
🔮 Dream Logic🎹 Artist In Crisis🎭 Unreliable Narrator
El Filibusterismo Comics
by José Rizal • 2017
An illustrated treasury of Sa'di's timeless parables on justice, contentment, and the art of living.
3.81
135
🕌 Sufi Wisdom📜 Persian Poetry🎨 Illustrated Classic
El Filibusterismo Comics Summary
El Filibusterismo Comics 87%
An illustrated treasury of Sa'di's timeless parables on justice, contentment, and the art of living.
by José Rizal 2017
3.81
135 ratings
🕌 Sufi Wisdom📜 Persian Poetry🎨 Illustrated Classic
Death of the Author
by Nnedi Okorafor • 2025
Her sci-fi novel becomes scripture for real robots centuries later, as they face extinction.
3.94
25k+
🌍 Africanfuturism📖 Literary Sci-Fi♿ Disabled Protagonist
Death of the Author Summary
Death of the Author 87%
Her sci-fi novel becomes scripture for real robots centuries later, as they face extinction.
by Nnedi Okorafor 2025
3.94
25k+ ratings
🌍 Africanfuturism📖 Literary Sci-Fi♿ Disabled Protagonist
Loin des mosquées
by Armel Job • 2012
A solitary undertaker in Belgium gives refuge to a Turkish woman fleeing an honor killing.
3.46
168
📚 Belgian Literature🛂 Immigrant Narrative⚖️ Honor Culture
Loin des mosquées Summary
Loin des mosquées 86%
A solitary undertaker in Belgium gives refuge to a Turkish woman fleeing an honor killing.
by Armel Job 2012
3.46
168 ratings
📚 Belgian Literature🛂 Immigrant Narrative⚖️ Honor Culture
The Book of Mirdad
by Mikhail Naimy • 1948
When the Ark's silent servant speaks, his words promise to flood the world, or save it.
4.30
3k+
📖 Spiritual Allegory🕊️ Parable Collection⛰️ Mountain Monastery
The Book of Mirdad Summary
The Book of Mirdad 86%
When the Ark's silent servant speaks, his words promise to flood the world, or save it.
by Mikhail Naimy 1948
4.30
3k+ ratings
📖 Spiritual Allegory🕊️ Parable Collection⛰️ Mountain Monastery
The New Orientalists
by Ian Almond • 2007
Postmodernism attacked Orientalism. Then, from Nietzsche to Žižek, it built a subtler one.
3.41
41
🌀 Postmodern Philosophy🕌 Orientalism🌍 Postcolonial Theory
The New Orientalists Summary
The New Orientalists 86%
Postmodernism attacked Orientalism. Then, from Nietzsche to Žižek, it built a subtler one.
by Ian Almond 2007
3.41
41 ratings
🌀 Postmodern Philosophy🕌 Orientalism🌍 Postcolonial Theory
Exhalation
by Ted Chiang • 2019
A merchant in ancient Baghdad steps through a time portal to undo a sorrow twenty years past.
4.27
113k+
⏳ Time Travel Fiction🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi🔄 Causal Loop
Exhalation Summary
Exhalation 86%
A merchant in ancient Baghdad steps through a time portal to undo a sorrow twenty years past.
by Ted Chiang 2019
4.27
113k+ ratings
⏳ Time Travel Fiction🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi🔄 Causal Loop
The Moroccan Daughter
by Deborah Rodriguez • 2021
A Moroccan woman hides an American husband from the father arranging her marriage.
3.64
1k+
🕌 Moroccan Family Saga💕 Cross-Cultural Romance🤫 Secret Marriage
The Moroccan Daughter Summary
The Moroccan Daughter 86%
A Moroccan woman hides an American husband from the father arranging her marriage.
by Deborah Rodriguez 2021
3.64
1k+ ratings
🕌 Moroccan Family Saga💕 Cross-Cultural Romance🤫 Secret Marriage
The Arab Uprising
by Marc Lynch • 2012
Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.
3.65
246
✊ Arab Spring🌍 Middle Eastern Politics🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes
The Arab Uprising Summary
The Arab Uprising 86%
Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.
by Marc Lynch 2012
3.65
246 ratings
✊ Arab Spring🌍 Middle Eastern Politics🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes
The Kingdom of Copper
by S.A. Chakraborty • 2019
A healer's forced marriage binds her to a djinn city tearing itself apart.
4.38
93k+
🧞 Djinn Mythology💍 Political Marriage🏛️ Court Intrigue
The Kingdom of Copper Summary
The Kingdom of Copper 86%
A healer's forced marriage binds her to a djinn city tearing itself apart.
by S.A. Chakraborty 2019
4.38
93k+ ratings
🧞 Djinn Mythology💍 Political Marriage🏛️ Court Intrigue
A Woman Is No Man
by Etaf Rum • 2019
From Palestine to Brooklyn, a woman marries and obeys in silence. Her daughter is next in line.
4.25
180k+
📖 Multi-Generational Saga🇵🇸 Palestinian Diaspora💍 Arranged Marriage
A Woman Is No Man Summary
A Woman Is No Man 86%
From Palestine to Brooklyn, a woman marries and obeys in silence. Her daughter is next in line.
by Etaf Rum 2019
4.25
180k+ ratings
📖 Multi-Generational Saga🇵🇸 Palestinian Diaspora💍 Arranged Marriage
The Drone Eats with Me
by Atef Abu Saif • 2015
War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.
4.40
452
🕊️ Palestinian Memoir📓 War Diaries⛓️ Occupation Literature
The Drone Eats with Me Summary
The Drone Eats with Me 86%
War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.
by Atef Abu Saif 2015
4.40
452 ratings
🕊️ Palestinian Memoir📓 War Diaries⛓️ Occupation Literature
The Palace of Dreams
by Ismail Kadare • 1981
An empire scours its subjects' dreams for sedition. A young clerk's first case threatens his family.
3.94
7k+
🏛️ Totalitarian Allegory🌀 Kafkaesque Bureaucracy👁️ Dream Surveillance
The Palace of Dreams Summary
The Palace of Dreams 86%
An empire scours its subjects' dreams for sedition. A young clerk's first case threatens his family.
by Ismail Kadare 1981
3.94
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Totalitarian Allegory🌀 Kafkaesque Bureaucracy👁️ Dream Surveillance
The Ashfire King
by Chelsea Abdullah • 2025
Blackmailed into finding a jinn lamp, a merchant must trust a prince hiding his true identity.
3.99
3k+
🌙 Middle Eastern Fantasy🧞 Jinn Mythology💎 Magical Relics
The Ashfire King Summary
The Ashfire King 86%
Blackmailed into finding a jinn lamp, a merchant must trust a prince hiding his true identity.
by Chelsea Abdullah 2025
3.99
3k+ ratings
🌙 Middle Eastern Fantasy🧞 Jinn Mythology💎 Magical Relics
Culture and Resistance
by Edward W. Said • 2003
Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.
4.10
419
🇵🇸 Palestinian History⚔️ Israel Palestine🗣️ Language And Power
Culture and Resistance Summary
Culture and Resistance 86%
Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.
by Edward W. Said 2003
4.10
419 ratings
🇵🇸 Palestinian History⚔️ Israel Palestine🗣️ Language And Power
The Curse of God
by Harris Sultan • 2018
Predatory prophet, flawed scripture, impossible god: an ex-Muslim states the case against Islam.
3.91
159
🗣️ Ex-Muslim Voices⚛️ New Atheism☪️ Islamic Theology
The Curse of God Summary
The Curse of God 86%
Predatory prophet, flawed scripture, impossible god: an ex-Muslim states the case against Islam.
by Harris Sultan 2018
3.91
159 ratings
🗣️ Ex-Muslim Voices⚛️ New Atheism☪️ Islamic Theology
The Wall
by William Sutcliffe • 2013
He crosses under the wall, finds a starving girl, and loses the world he knew.
3.71
1k+
🏚️ Occupied Territory💔 Forbidden Friendship🗳️ Political Awakening
The Wall Summary
The Wall 86%
He crosses under the wall, finds a starving girl, and loses the world he knew.
by William Sutcliffe 2013
3.71
1k+ ratings
🏚️ Occupied Territory💔 Forbidden Friendship🗳️ Political Awakening
Traitor to the Throne
by Alwyn Hamilton • 2017
A rebel captive discovers the Sultan's clay army. Escape is the rebellion's only hope.
4.30
28k+
🌙 Middle Eastern Fantasy🫂 Found Family🏛️ Political Intrigue
Traitor to the Throne Summary
Traitor to the Throne 86%
A rebel captive discovers the Sultan's clay army. Escape is the rebellion's only hope.
by Alwyn Hamilton 2017
4.30
28k+ ratings
🌙 Middle Eastern Fantasy🫂 Found Family🏛️ Political Intrigue
Misquoting Muhammad
by Jonathan A.C. Brown • 2014
How a chain of scholars kept Islam's scriptures from chaos. The modern forces that broke it.
4.34
1k+
🕌 Islamic Theology📜 Hadith Criticism🏛️ Religious Authority
Misquoting Muhammad Summary
Misquoting Muhammad 86%
How a chain of scholars kept Islam's scriptures from chaos. The modern forces that broke it.
by Jonathan A.C. Brown 2014
4.34
1k+ ratings
🕌 Islamic Theology📜 Hadith Criticism🏛️ Religious Authority
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East
by Bernard Lewis • 2001
For centuries Islam led the world. Then, suddenly, it fell behind. A historian asks why.
3.55
4k+
🧭 Islamic Civilization📜 Middle Eastern History🏗️ Modernization Failure
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East Summary
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East 86%
For centuries Islam led the world. Then, suddenly, it fell behind. A historian asks why.
by Bernard Lewis 2001
3.55
4k+ ratings
🧭 Islamic Civilization📜 Middle Eastern History🏗️ Modernization Failure
Black Flags
by Joby Warrick • 2015
How a petty Jordanian criminal became the world's most hunted terrorist and the blueprint for ISIS.
4.32
17k+
🕌 Jihadist Movements🔎 Terrorist Biography☯️ Sectarian Conflict
Black Flags Summary
Black Flags 86%
How a petty Jordanian criminal became the world's most hunted terrorist and the blueprint for ISIS.
by Joby Warrick 2015
4.32
17k+ ratings
🕌 Jihadist Movements🔎 Terrorist Biography☯️ Sectarian Conflict
City of Gold
by Jim Krane • 2009
Dubai's skyline was built by men who will never be allowed to call it home.
3.97
776
🏛️ State Capitalism⛽ Resource Curse👑 Gulf Monarchies
City of Gold Summary
City of Gold 86%
Dubai's skyline was built by men who will never be allowed to call it home.
by Jim Krane 2009
3.97
776 ratings
🏛️ State Capitalism⛽ Resource Curse👑 Gulf Monarchies
Castle in the Air
by Diana Wynne Jones • 1990
A carpet merchant's magic rug delivers a princess, then a djinn spirits her away.
3.85
68k+
🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy🧞 Djinn Fantasy👸 Rescuing The Princess
Castle in the Air Summary
Castle in the Air 86%
A carpet merchant's magic rug delivers a princess, then a djinn spirits her away.
by Diana Wynne Jones 1990
3.85
68k+ ratings
🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy🧞 Djinn Fantasy👸 Rescuing The Princess
We Hunt the Flame
by Hafsah Faizal • 2019
A huntress in disguise and the sultan's assassin seek a lost book on a cursed island.
3.86
111k+
🕌 Arabian Fantasy⚔️ Enemies To Lovers👥 Found Family
We Hunt the Flame Summary
We Hunt the Flame 86%
A huntress in disguise and the sultan's assassin seek a lost book on a cursed island.
by Hafsah Faizal 2019
3.86
111k+ ratings
🕌 Arabian Fantasy⚔️ Enemies To Lovers👥 Found Family
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz • 1956
Under a patriarch's iron piety a Cairo family strains toward love and freedom as revolution ignites.
4.20
23k+
🏠 Family Saga👑 Tyrannical Patriarch🎭 Double Life
Palace Walk Summary
Palace Walk 86%
Under a patriarch's iron piety a Cairo family strains toward love and freedom as revolution ignites.
by Naguib Mahfouz 1956
4.20
23k+ ratings
🏠 Family Saga👑 Tyrannical Patriarch🎭 Double Life
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