2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

MENA (Middle Eastern/North African) author
UNICEF defines MENA as the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
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They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak

They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan

Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak

352 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story by Hanan Al-Shaykh

The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story

Hanan Al-Shaykh

302 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid

3 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem

The Jasad Heir

The Scorched Throne #1

Sara Hashem

515 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
What Does Israel Fear from Palestine? by Raja Shehadeh

What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?

Raja Shehadeh

128 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The City Of God: Augustine of Hippo by Saint Augustine

The City Of God: Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine

555 pages • first pub 426 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
St. Augustine's Confessions by Saint Augustine

St. Augustine's Confessions

Saint Augustine

311 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography dark slow-paced
The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems by Hala Alyan

The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

Hala Alyan

100 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan

The Arsonists' City

Hala Alyan

464 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Where Black Stars Rise by Nadia Shammas, Marie Enger

Where Black Stars Rise

Nadia Shammas, Marie Enger

128 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction graphic novel horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced