Humphrey Davies

27 books

As Though She Were Sleeping by Elias Khoury

As Though She Were Sleeping

Elias Khoury

372 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Book of Charlatans by Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī

The Book of Charlatans

Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī

528 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history literary true crime challenging informative medium-paced
Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded: Volume One by Yūsuf Al-Shirbīnī

Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded: Volume One

Yūsuf Al-Shirbīnī

465 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics literary sociology reflective medium-paced
Broken Mirrors: Sinalcol by Elias Khoury

Broken Mirrors: Sinalcol

Elias Khoury

500 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
A Field Guide to the Street Names of Central Cairo by Humphrey Davies, Lesley Lababidi

A Field Guide to the Street Names of Central Cairo

Humphrey Davies, Lesley Lababidi

252 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history travel reflective medium-paced
Gate of the Sun: Bab Al-Shams by Elias Khoury

Gate of the Sun: Bab Al-Shams

Elias Khoury

531 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
In Darfur: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume Two by Muḥammad Al-Tūnisī

In Darfur: An Account of the Sultanate and Its People, Volume Two

Muḥammad Al-Tūnisī

400 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous challenging medium-paced
Leg Over Leg: Volume Four by Aḥmad Fāris Al-Shidyāq

Leg Over Leg: Volume Four

Aḥmad Fāris Al-Shidyāq

584 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history literary adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Life Is More Beautiful Than Paradise: A Jihadist's Own Story by Khaled Al-Berry, خالد البري

Life Is More Beautiful Than Paradise: A Jihadist's Own Story

Khaled Al-Berry, خالد البري

189 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography historical reflective medium-paced
The Men Who Swallowed the Sun by Hamdi Abu Golayyel

The Men Who Swallowed the Sun

Hamdi Abu Golayyel

216 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced