Five Year Diverse Reading Challenge - hosted by tsprengel

Race/Ethnicity - Read a book about the Arab experience
All books added
Death Is Hard Work by Leri Price, Khaled Khalifa, خالد خليفة

Death Is Hard Work

Leri Price, Khaled Khalifa, خالد خليفة

180 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow

Zoulfa Katouh

415 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun, Elisabeth Jaquette

Thirteen Months of Sunrise

Rania Mamoun, Elisabeth Jaquette

80 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
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 emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening by Manal Al-Sharif

Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening

Manal Al-Sharif

289 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism memoir challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Queens of the Kingdom: The Women of Saudi Arabia Speak by Nicola Sutcliff

Queens of the Kingdom: The Women of Saudi Arabia Speak

Nicola Sutcliff

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

Rifqa

Mohammed El-Kurd

148 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging dark emotional fast-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

112 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
The Good Arabs by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch

The Good Arabs

Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Hadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging by Jeff Karoub, Rania Matar, Sally Howell, Hanan Ali Nasser, Kamelya Omayma Youssef, Dunya Mikhail, Ghassan Zeineddine, Yousef Alqamoussi, Mai Jakubowski, Teri Bazzi, Geri Alumit Zeldes, Nabeel Abraham, Hayan Charara, Yasmine Rukia

Hadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging

Jeff Karoub, Rania Matar, Sally Howell, Hanan Ali Nasser, Kamelya Omayma Youssef, Dunya Mikhail, Ghassan Zeineddine, Yousef Alqamoussi, Mai Jakubowski, Teri Bazzi, Geri Alumit Zeldes, Nabeel Abraham, Hayan Charara, Yasmine Rukia

237 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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