Middle Eastern Literature  
Dana Hall School Library Holdings  
   
Call Number Title Main Author/Editor/Translator  
   
BIOGRAPHY &  MEMOIR  
020.92 STA Alia's mission : saving the books of Iraq : inspired by a true story Stamaty, Mark Alan  
305.4209538 SAS Princess: a True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia Sasson, Jean P.  
306.089933064 OUS Mountains Forgotten by God : the Story of a Moroccan Berber Family Oussaïd, Brick  
892.736 ABO Return to Childhood: the Memoir of a Modern Moroccan Woman Abu Zayd, Laylá  
892.736 QUT A child from the village Qutb, Sayyid  
892.76 IN In the House of Silence: Autobiographical Essays by Arab Women Writers Faqir, Fadia, ed.  
955.05092 FAR Daughter of Persia: a Woman’s Journey from Her Father’s Harem  Farman-Farmaian, Sattareh  
956.7044 SAL Between two worlds : escape from tyranny : growing up in the shadow of Saddam Salbi, Zainab and Laurie Becklund  
956.70443 RIV Baghdad burning : girl blog from Iraq Riverbend  
956.92044 MAK  Beirut fragments  Makdisi, Jean Said    
956.9405 CHA Blood Brothers Chacour, Elias  
956.9442 HOF House of windows : portraits from a Jerusalem neighborhood Hoffman, Adina  
956.9442054092 NUS Once upon a country : a Palestinian life Nusseibeh, Sari  
956.95 BAR Tasting the sky : a Palestinian childhood Barakat, Ibtisam  
973.049275692 ABI Children of the roojme : a family's journey from Lebanon  Abinader, Elmaz   
979.50049155 BAH  To see and see again : a life in Iran and America  Bahrampour, Tara    
B ARDALAN My name is Iran : a memoir Ardalan, Davar  
B ASAYESH  Saffron sky : a life between Iran and America  Asayesh, Gelareh    
B KORDI An Iranian Odyssey Kordi, Gohar  
B KHERDIAN The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl Kherdian, David  
B MAHFOUZ Echoes of an Autobiography Mahfouz, Naguib  
B MERNISSI Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood Mernissi, Fatima  
B MORROW The Names of Things: Life, Language...Beginnings in the Egyptian Desert Morrow, Susan Brind  
B SATRAPI Persepolis Satrapi, Marjane  
B SATRAPI Persepolis 2 Satrapi, Marjane  
B SHAARAWI Harem Years: Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist (1879-1924) Shaarawi, Huda  
   
FICTION (NOVELS & SHORT STORIES)  
F ABD Fields of Fig and Olive Abdul-Baki, Kathryn K.  
F ABD Tower of Dreams Abdul-Baki, Kathryn K.  
F ABD The Mountain of Green Tea and Other Stories Abdullah, Yahya Taher  
F ABO The translator Aboulela, Leila  
F ABO Year of the elephant : a Moroccan woman's journey toward independence, and other stories  Abouzeid, Leila  
F ADN Paris, When It’s Naked Adnan, Etel  
F ADN Sitt Marie Rose Adnan, Etel  
F AGN A Simple Story Agnon, Shmuel Yosef  
F ALE The School Principal Al-e Ahmad, Jalal  
F ALI The book of Saladin Ali, Tariq  
F ALI Shadows of the pomegranate tree Ali, Tariq  
F ALI The stone woman Ali, Tariq  
F ALI A sultan in Palermo Ali, Tariq  
F ASH Granada : a novel Ashour, Radwa  
F ASS Assassination of Light Bagader, Abu Bakr, ed.  
F BAD The Eye of the Mirror Badr, Liana  
F BAK Such a Beautiful Voice Bakr, Salwa  
F BAR Disciples of passion Barakat, Hoda  
F BAR The Stone of Laughter Barakat, Hoda  
F BER  The game of forgetting  Berrada, Mohamed    
F BOG The Sheltered Quarter: a Tale of a Boyhood in Mecca Bogary, Hamza
F CHR Mother Comes of Age Chraibi, Driss  
F CHR Mother Spring Chraibi, Driss  
F CLI A Stone in my Hand Clinton, Cathryn  
F DAI Dear Mr Kawabata al-Daif, Rashid  
F DJE Children of the New World : a novel of the Algerian War Djebar, Assia  
F DJE Fantasia: An Algerian Calvalcade Djebar, Assia  
F EGY Egyptian Short Stories Johnson-Davies, Denys, ed.  
F ELS Death of an ex-minister El Saadawi, Nawal  
F ELS The Fall of the Imam El Saadawi, Nawal  
F ELS God Dies by the Nile El Saadawi, Nawal  
F ELS The Innocence of the Devil El Saadawi, Nawal  
F ELS Two Women in One El Saadawi, Nawal  
F FAQ Pillars of Salt Faquir, Fadia  
F FLE Alphabet of dreams Fletcher, Susan  
F FLI Flights of Fantasy: Arabic Short Stories Ceza Kassem, ed.  
F GHI Incidents in Za’frani Alley Ghitany, Gamal El  
F GRO The Book of Intimate Grammar Grossman, David  
F GRO The Zigzag kid Grossman, David  
F HAB The secret life of Saeed : the Pessoptimist  Habiby, Emile  
F HAK Maze of Justice: Diary of a Country Prosecutor Hakim, Tawfik Al  
F HAK Return of the Spirit Hakim, Tawfiq Al  
F HIM The Polymath Himmich, Bensalem  
F HUS Return to Jerusalem Husseini, Hassan Jamal  
F IDI Sabriya: Damascus Bitter Sweet Idilbi, Ulfat  
F IDR The Cheapest Nights Idris, Yusuf  
F IDR Rings of Burnished Brass Idris, Yusuf  
F IN In a Voice of Their Own: a Collection of Stories by Iranian Women...  Lewis, Franklin, comp., trans.  
F JAB A Woman of Nazareth Jabbour, Hala Deeb  
F KAN Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories Kanafani, Ghassan  
F KEM  Memed, my hawk  Kemal, Yashar  
F KEN Musical Moment Kenaz, Yehoshua  
F KHA The attack Khadra, Yasmina  
F KHA The Swallows of Kabul Khadra, Yasmina  
F KHA Wolf Dreams Khadra, Yasmina
F KHA Wild Thorns Khalifeh, Sahar  
F KHA Just like a river  Khatib, Muhammad Kamil   
F KHO Gate of the sun = Bab al-Shams Khoury, Elias  
F LIE Apples from the Desert Liebrecht, Savyon  
F LOU The Silencer Louvish, Simon  
F MAA Leo Africanus Maalouf, Amin  
F MAA  Samarkand  Maalouf, Amin  
F MAH Adrift on the Nile Mahfouz, Naguib  
F MAH Fountain and Tomb Mahfouz, Naguib  
F MAH Midaq Alley Mahfouz, Naguib  
F MAH Palace Walk Mahfouz, Naguib  
F MAM Naphtalene: a novel of Baghdad Mamdouh, Alia  
F MAT In the country of men Matar, Hisham  
F MEA Dawn and Dusk Mead, Alice  
F MEM The Pillar of Salt Memmi, Albert  
F MOD Modern Arabic Short Stories Denys Johnson-Davies, trans.  
F MOD Modern Syrian Short Stories Azarak, Michel, trans.  
F MUN Cities of Salt Munif, Abdelrahman  
F MUN Endings Munif, Abdelrahman  
F MY My Grandmother's Cactus: Stories by Egyptian Women Booth, Marilyn, trans.  
F NAS Prairies of fever : a novel Nasrallah, Ibrahim  
F NAS The Fantastic Strokes of Imagination Nasrallahm, Emily  
F NAS A House Not Her Own: Stories From Beirut Nasrallahm, Emily  
F NAS Flight Against Time Nasrallahm, Emily  
F NAS The tree and other stories Nasir, ‘Abd Allah Muhammad  
F NYE Habibi Nye, Naomi Shihab  
F OUT  Ramza  Out el Kouloub    
F OXF The Oxford Book of Hebrew Short Stories Oxford University Press  
F OZ A Perfect Peace Oz, Amos  
F PAM  My name is Red  Pamuk, Orhan   
F PAM  Snow Pamuk, Orhan   
F PAR Touba and the meaning of night Parsipur, Shahrnush  
F QAI News from the Meneisi Farm Quayd, Muhammad Yusef  
F QAS Rites of Assent Qasim, Abd al-Hakim  
F RAC Foreigner Rachlin, Nahid  
F RIF  Distant view of a minaret and other stories  Rifaat, Alifa  
F RUS Haroun and the sea of stories Rushdie, Haroun  
F SAB The Labyrinth Saberi, Reza  
F SAI  Ali and Nino  Said, Kurban    
F SAL The Qadi and the Fortune Teller Saleh, Nabil  
F SAL The Wedding of Zein Salih, Tayeb  
F SAM Beirut ‘75 Samman, Ghada  
F SAM The night of the first billion : a novel Samman, Ghada  
F SCH Damascus Nights Schami, Rafik  
F SCH A Hand Full of Stars Schami, Rafik  
F SER The Cairo House Serageldin, Samia  
F SHA Cages on opposite shores Shami, Janset Berkok  
F SHA Blood Feud & Other Stories Sharouni, Yusuf  
F SHA Egyptian Earth Sharkawi, A. R.  
F SHA  The story of Zahra  Shaykh, Hanan   
F SOU I think of you : stories Soueif, Ahdaf  
F SOU In the Eye of the Sun Soueif, Ahdaf  
F STE As a Driven Leaf Steinberg, Milton  
F STO Stories by Iranian Women Since the Revolution Sullivan, Soraya, trans.  
F YAK A lake beyond the wind Yakhlif, Yahya  
F YEH Mr. Mani Yehoshua, A.B.  
   
FOLKLORE  
297.7 SHA Tales of the Dervishes Shah, Idries  
398.2 SHA Caravan of Dreams Shah, Idries  
398.2095692 NUW  Abu Jmeel's daughter and other stories : Arab folk tales from Palestine and Lebanon  Nuweihed, Jamal Sleem   
398.209624 ABD The clever sheikh of the Butana and other stories : Sudanese folk tales Abdallah, Ali Lufti  
398.2452 WOO Kalila and Dimna: Selected Fables of Bidpai Wood, Ramsay  
   
LITERATURE (POETRY, PLAYS, & COLLECTIONS)  
305.420917 OPE  Opening the gates : a century of Arab feminist writing   Margot Badran, ed.  
808.8100835 SPA The Space Between Our Footsteps: Poems and Paintings from the Middle East Nye, Naomi Shihab, ed.  
811.008 GRA Grape Leaves: a Century of Arab-American Poetry Orfalea, Gregory, ed.  
891 MIL Veils and Words: The Emerging Voices of Iranian Women Writers Milani, Farzaneh  
891.5511 ATT The conference of the birds : the selected Sufi poetry of Farid ud-Din Attar Attar, Farid ud-Din  
891.5511 JAL Unseen Rain: Quatrains of Rumi Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana  
892 GIB A Tear and a Smile Gibran, Kahlil  
892 ANT Anthology of Modern Palestinian Literature Salma Khadra Jayyusi  
892 GIB The Procession Poems Gibran, Kahlil  
892.7 EGY Egyptian One-Act Plays Denys Johnson-Davies, trans.  
892.709352042 MIK Seen and heard:  A century of Arab women in literature and culture Mikhail, Mona N.  
892.716 ADO A time between ashes and roses : poems Adonis  
892.716 DAR Unfortunately, it was paradise Darwish, Mahmoud  
892.716 YOU Without an alphabet, without a face Youssef, Saadi  
892.7160809287 POE The poetry of Arab women : a contemporary anthology Handal, Nathalie, ed.  
892.73099287 INT Intersections : gender, nation, and community in Arab women's novels Majaj, Lisa Suhair, Paula W. Sunderman, and Therese Saliba, ed.  
892.75 ALH Fate of a Cockroach and Other Plays Tawfiq al-Hakim  
892.76 IN  In the house of silence : autobiographical essays by Arab women writers   Fadia Faqir, ed.  
892.76 WOM Women of the Fertile Crescent: Modern Poetry by Arab Women Kamal Boullata, ed.  
892.76 QUS From the Orient and the Desert Algoaibi, Ghazi A.  
894.351008 NIG Nightingales & pleasure gardens : Turkish love poems Halman, Talat S., ed.  
 
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Last updated 2.11.08