The 2022 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Book Set In The Middle East
Countries in the Middle East include -  Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen.
 Authors in the diaspora are valid entries. 
All books added
My Past Is a Foreign Country by Zeba Talkhani

My Past Is a Foreign Country

Zeba Talkhani

208 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Rebel by Rahaf Mohammed

Rebel

Rahaf Mohammed

241 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional medium-paced
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Zoulfa Katouh

417 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

Celestial Bodies

Jokha Alharthi

243 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

324 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

Woman at Point Zero

Nawal El Saadawi

128 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

6 hours • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Salt Houses

Hala Alyan

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival by Melissa Fleming

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

Melissa Fleming

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
The Stationery Shop of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

The Stationery Shop of Tehran

Marjan Kamali

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary romance emotional medium-paced