Middle Eastern Literature

The Cairo Trilogy is a series of three novels by Naguib Mahfouz that follows the lives of several families in Cairo from the 1919 revolution to the 1952 revolution.

Taha Hussein is considered the father of modern Arabic literature for his groundbreaking work, 'The Days', which was published in 1929.

The Prophet is a collection of 26 prose poems written by Gibran Khalil Gibran in English. It was first published in 1923 and has since been translated into more than 100 languages.

Ka is a Turkish poet and journalist who travels to Kars, a city in eastern Turkey, to investigate a series of suicides among young women.

Gate of the Sun is a novel by Elias Khoury that tells the story of the Palestinian refugee experience during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Adonis is a Syrian poet, essayist, and translator who is considered the founder of the New Arabic Poetry movement.

In the Eye of the Sun is a novel by Ahdaf Soueif that tells the story of an Egyptian family during the 1952 revolution.

Manara is a young woman who travels from Lebanon to France to study medicine.

Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? is a collection of poems by Mahmoud Darwish that was published in 1995.

Namık Kemal is considered the father of modern Turkish literature for his groundbreaking work, 'Vatan Yahut Silistre', which was published in 1873.

The Forty Rules of Love is a novel by Elif Shafak that tells the story of a 13th-century Sufi mystic, Shams Tabrizi, and his relationship with the Persian poet, Rumi.

Badia is a young woman who lives in a small village in the Arabian Desert.

Paradise is a novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah that tells the story of a young boy named Yusuf who is sold into slavery in the 19th century.

Mirza Malkom Khan is considered the father of modern Persian literature for his groundbreaking work, 'The Qanun', which was published in 1890.

My Name is Red is a novel by Orhan Pamuk that tells the story of a group of miniaturists who are commissioned to create a book of illustrations for the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.