Blogs in April 2020

Shumaisi 9th April 2020

The year is 1970, a period of crisis in the Arab world. Twenty-year-old Hisham has left home for the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, where he’s enrolled at university to study politics and economics. But this city has more than...

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The Green Bicycle 9th April 2020

In the vein of Year of the Dog and The Higher Power of Lucky, this Middle Eastern coming-of-age story is told with warmth, spirit, and a mischievous sense of humor. Spunky eleven-year-old Wadjda lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with...

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Sandstorms: Days and Nights in Arabia 9th April 2020

In this provocative and incisive memoir, Peter Theroux reveals the Middle East only as a true insider can. Stationed as a journalist in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for most of his seven years in the region, Theroux explodes the romantic...

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Munira’s Bottle 7th April 2020

In Riyadh, against the events of the second Gulf War and Saddam s invasion of Kuwait, we learn the story of Munira – with the gorgeous eyes – and the unspeakable tragedy she suffers as her male nemesis wreaks...

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Girls of Riyadh 1st January 1970

Gamrah’s faith in her new husband is not exactly returned … Sadeem is a little too willing to please her fiancé … Michelle is half-American and the wrong class for her boyfriend’s family … While Lamees works hard with...

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