Arabic and Middle Eastern Culture Archives

Ever Land by Amy Abdelnoor bookblast review

Ever Land by Amy Abdelnoor Review

July 9, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

In her striking debut novel Ever Land, Amy Abdelnoor steps into the polarized landscape of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, exploring its fractures through a supernatural interweaving of the lives of two teenage girls separated by three […]

Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

June 28, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

This month’s Top 5 Books from around the world takes in five distinct voices embracing sun-baked Mediterranean islands, surreal, tech-fused futures and witchy woods among other places, as they go behind the masks we wear […]

Your Presence is a Danger to Your Life Samar Yazbek Review

May 20, 2026 Guest Contributor Comments Off

In early 2024, Samar Yazbek found herself in Doha, where more than 2,500 Palestinian survivors of the genocide in Gaza were living alongside their families and receiving desperately needed medical care. Yazbek is a Syrian […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

April 26, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Our top five books of the month take in Brooklyn, Iraq, the West Bank, the Congo, Argentina, and a dystopian otherworld. Together, these stories explore a central question: What happens to a person when their […]

The Fire Cecilia Sala Review

March 19, 2026 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Italian journalist, Cecilia Sala, belongs to the breed of courageous reporters – many of them women – who travel to some of the most dangerous countries in the world to see for themselves exactly what […]

reading around the world february 5 books bookblast

Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

February 27, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

5 books, 5 countries: Russia, Spain, Algeria, Norway and Iraq (via the UK) set the scene. What links these works is a shared desire for clarity. Stepanova dismantles memory; García Llovet stalks the edges of […]

reading around the world january bookblast

Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

January 15, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Greetings readers! Here are Our Top 5 Books of the Month from around the world to kick off the new year, to refresh perspectives and remind us why cultural literacy isn’t a luxury, but a […]

daybreak in gaza saqi books bookblast review

Daybreak in Gaza & From the River to the Sea Two Book Review

July 22, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture edited by Mahmoud Muna and Matthew Teller, with Juliette Touma and Jayyab Abusafia (Saqi Books), and From the River to the Sea and Other Poems by Samer Abu Hawwash (Banipal Books) are a […]