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    A Modern Arabic Novel

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    After a failed study mission in France, Abd al-Rahman returns home to Iraq to launch an existentialist movement akin to that of his hero. Convinced that it falls upon him to introduce his country's intellectuals to Sartre's thought, he feels especially qualified by his physical resemblance to the philosopher (except for the crossed eyes) and by his marriage to Germaine, who he claims is the great ... Leer más

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  • Musician in the Clouds

    de Ali Bader ...
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    A translation of an award-winning Iraqi novelist’s story exploring global migration in a postcolonial world, extremism, and what it means to belong somewhereThe talented classical cellist Nabil always imagined a world where music and art govern everyday life. After being attacked in his hometown in Iraq and not being able to play music, Nabil decides to emigrate to Europe, where he thinks he can ... Leer más

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  • Vies et morts de Kamal Medhat

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    Dans le déchaînement de violence que connaît Bagdad en 2006, un assassinat comme celui-ci aurait presque pu passer inaperçu... Sauf que le corps que l'on a retrouvé sur une rive du Tigre appartient au célèbre violoniste et compositeur irakien Kamal Medhat. Qui l'a tué ? Pourquoi ? Nul ne le sait. Et le parcours tumultueux du musicien, qui a vécu sous différents cieux, noms et identités, achève de ... Leer más

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  • The Yacoubian Building

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  • Things I've Been Silent About

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  • Journey from the Land of No

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  • Lipstick Jihad

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