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The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women by

The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

Tamim Ansary

390 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by Kao Kalia Yang, David Bezmozgis, Joseph Kertes, Vu Tran, Porochista Khakpour, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Aleksandar Hemon, Ariel Dorfman, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Thi Bui, Lev Golinkin, Dina Nayeri, Meron Hadero, Reyna Grande, Fatima Bhutto, Marina Lewycka, Joseph Azam, Maaza Mengiste

The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives

Kao Kalia Yang, David Bezmozgis, Joseph Kertes, Vu Tran, Porochista Khakpour, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Aleksandar Hemon, Ariel Dorfman, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Thi Bui, Lev Golinkin, Dina Nayeri, Meron Hadero, Reyna Grande, Fatima Bhutto, Marina Lewycka, Joseph Azam, Maaza Mengiste

238 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
It's Not About the Burqa by Mariam Khan

It's Not About the Burqa

Mariam Khan

6 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism race religion informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Storyteller's Daughter: One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland by Saira Shah

The Storyteller's Daughter: One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland

Saira Shah

272 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir travel emotional slow-paced
Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan by

Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan

184 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice by Malalai Joya

A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice

Malalai Joya

240 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir politics emotional slow-paced
Opium Nation by Fariba Nawa

Opium Nation

Fariba Nawa

358 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future by Nadene Ghouri, Fawzia Koofi

The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future

Nadene Ghouri, Fawzia Koofi

272 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir politics emotional slow-paced
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai

The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories

Jamil Jan Kochai

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced