New releases from Hoopoe
The Watermelon Boys
It is the winter of 1915 and Iraq has been engulfed by the First World War. Hungry for independence from Ottoman rule, Ahmad leaves his peaceful family life on the banks of the Tigris to join the Brit … continued
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Diary of a Jewish Muslim
Egyptian Muslims and Jews were not always at odds. Before the Arab–Israeli wars, before the mass exodus of Jews from Egypt, there was harmony. Spanning the 1930s to the 1960s, this sweeping novel acco … continued
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Donia Kamal reads from her novel
Stunning in its simplicity, Cigarette Number Seven is a deeply intimate novel about family and relationship in turbulent times, translated by Nariman Youssef. Donia Kamal’s succinct, candid prose draw…
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And the winner of the 2018 ArabLit Story Prize is….
Earlier this year, ArabLit launched a short-story contest, officially calling it “the arablit story prize.” Eligible entries are short-stories under 1500 words, translated from Arabic into English. “…
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“Sometimes I see the end of a story before I can see the beginning.”
Her sixth novel, Of Sea and Sand, is set against the stunning landscapes of Oman, the wild Atlantic coast of Ireland, and war-time Baghdad. “It is a story of remorse, exile, love and the unseen,” expl…
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