Blackathon 2024 - hosted by katiehicks

Read a book by a Sudanese author
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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
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

Faebound

Faebound #1

Saara El-Arifi

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Book of Khartoum: A City in Short Fiction by

Book of Khartoum: A City in Short Fiction

Reading the City

96 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces by Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

6 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir race emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela

Lyrics Alley

Leila Aboulela

310 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Cities Without Palms by Tarek Eltayeb

Cities Without Palms

Tarek Eltayeb

90 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction reflective medium-paced
Edo's Souls by Stella Gaitano

Edo's Souls

Stella Gaitano

260 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir

Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World

Zahra Hankir

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The January Children by Safia Elhillo

The January Children

Safia Elhillo

72 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

Season of Migration to the North

Tayeb Salih

176 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction historical dark reflective slow-paced