10 Fiction Books About the Middle East

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Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz

Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea

The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar

Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris

The Map of Salt and Tears by Zeyn Joukhadar

Azazeel by Yousef Ziedden

The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan

The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine

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Here are 10 essential Middle Eastern books that offer powerful insights into the region’s diverse cultures, histories, and identities—highlighting how storytelling serves as a bridge between past and present, personal and political, tradition and transformation.

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