The Halva-Maker (in Arabic, Al-Halwani, 2022) is a three-part novel, contributes through the medium of fiction to this different interpretation of the historical record, in that its third segment, entitled ‘The Kurd,' is set during the final years...
The Halva-Maker (in Arabic, Al-Halwani, 2022) is a three-part novel, contributes through the medium of fiction to this different interpretation of the historical record, in that its third segment, entitled ‘The Kurd,' is set during the final years...
This book examines the political and strategic trajectory pursued by the Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) during a mission that spanned twenty-three years, and it carefully considers the regional and international contexts within which...
This book examines the political and strategic trajectory pursued by the Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) during a mission that spanned twenty-three years, and it carefully considers the regional and international contexts within which...
A visionary novel of sacred friendship across centuries, cultures, and empires. A mosque. A memory. A map between centuries. In 20th-century Alexandria, a half-blind Italian architect sits quietly in the courtyard of a mosque he once built—listening not...
A visionary novel of sacred friendship across centuries, cultures, and empires. A mosque. A memory. A map between centuries. In 20th-century Alexandria, a half-blind Italian architect sits quietly in the courtyard of a mosque he once built—listening not...
Lost in Mecca is a powerful and heart-wrenching novel by Bothayna Al-Essa about loss and the search for meaning. The story follows a seven-year-old Kuwaiti boy who goes missing during the Hajj pilgrimage, introducing his parents to a darker side of Mecca. As...
Lost in Mecca is a powerful and heart-wrenching novel by Bothayna Al-Essa about loss and the search for meaning. The story follows a seven-year-old Kuwaiti boy who goes missing during the Hajj pilgrimage, introducing his parents to a darker side of Mecca. As...
Teeming with Arabs, Indians, Somalis, Europeans, and others, Aden is like no other city in the world. A transcendent city. A city for all no matter Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, or animist. And when “Michel,†a young Frenchman washes ashore,...
Teeming with Arabs, Indians, Somalis, Europeans, and others, Aden is like no other city in the world. A transcendent city. A city for all no matter Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, or animist. And when “Michel,†a young Frenchman washes ashore,...
The Secret of the Morisco is a picaresque tale of Robert, a young Englishman taken captive by the Spanish Armada in the 17th century, as he sails home after procuring an Arabic printing press in the Netherlands. Thrown into prison for nothing more than his...
The Secret of the Morisco is a picaresque tale of Robert, a young Englishman taken captive by the Spanish Armada in the 17th century, as he sails home after procuring an Arabic printing press in the Netherlands. Thrown into prison for nothing more than his...
Land of Sweetheart Deals is a tragic cautionary tale that explores a government's manipulation of print and social media as well as the sexual exploitation and trafficking of juveniles in Yemen. The narrator of this novel presents himself as the...
Land of Sweetheart Deals is a tragic cautionary tale that explores a government's manipulation of print and social media as well as the sexual exploitation and trafficking of juveniles in Yemen. The narrator of this novel presents himself as the...
Solo Piano Music is a political thriller that tackles issues of violence, belief, international terrorism, and the bonds of friendship. Set in early-twenty-first century Syria, the novel introduces the reader to a mid-level investigator who works at a...
Solo Piano Music is a political thriller that tackles issues of violence, belief, international terrorism, and the bonds of friendship. Set in early-twenty-first century Syria, the novel introduces the reader to a mid-level investigator who works at a...
In Abu l-Abbas's Neighbors, Ahmad Toufiq, the Moroccan Minister of Religious Affairs and a prominent figure in his country's Sufi movements, presents his readers with a portrait of one of the country's most significant historical Sufi figures, Abu...
In Abu l-Abbas's Neighbors, Ahmad Toufiq, the Moroccan Minister of Religious Affairs and a prominent figure in his country's Sufi movements, presents his readers with a portrait of one of the country's most significant historical Sufi figures, Abu...
