Nicholas Blanford On Valentine's Day 2005, former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, nicknamed 'Mr Lebanon' for his local power and patronage, was killed by a massive explosion as he drove along...

Kooshyar Karimi Born in a slum, Kooshyar Karimi transformed himself into an award-winning writer as well as a successful doctor, whose conscience won't let him turn away the unmarried women...

Sayed Kashua A young journalist, recently married and with a new baby, is seeking a quieter life away from the city and has bought a large house in his parents'...

Lean Sasson Bestselling author, Jean Sasson tells the dramatic true story of a young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish people of Iraq. One morning Joanna,...

Louisa B Waugh Do Gazans ever have fun? Is the Strip beautiful? And do TV reports actually reflect ordinary life inside the world’s largest ‘open-air prison’?From beautiful beaches to sealed...

Gina B Nahai When she is five years old, Lili, the narrator of this epic and magical tale, watches her mother, Roxanna the Angel, throw herself off the balcony of...

Naguib Mahfouz This unusual epic from the Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz portrays five generations of one sprawling family against the upheavals of two centuries of modern Egyptian history. Set in...

Uri Avnery January 1, 1987 by Lawrence Hill Books

Orhan Pamuk At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the power of art, My Name Is Red is a transporting tale set amid the...

David Ben-Gurion My Talks with Arab Leaders is a significant historical memoir by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's founding Prime Minister. This firsthand account documents Ben-Gurion's pivotal diplomatic encounters and negotiations with...

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum My Vision - Challenges in the Race for Excellence, a new book by UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness...

Mitchell G Bard For years people have been asking for a resource that provides concise, factual information on the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Myths and Facts fills this desperate...