Middle Eastern Fiction

Egyptian-born and London-raised, Alya Mooro grew up between two cultures and felt a pull from both. Where could she turn for advice and inspiration when it seemed there was nobody else like her? Today, Mooro is determined to explore and explode the myth that she must identify either as ‘Western’ or as one of almost 400 million other ‘Arabs’ across the Middle East.

"Peter Ganim was just the right choice to narrate this audiobook" — AudioFile Magazine A groundbreaking audiobook anthology of science fiction from Iraq that will challenge your perception of what it means to be “The Other.” This collection of short stories is masterfully edited by Hassan...

In a US-occupied Iraq torn apart by war and sectarian violence, a group of westerners, Arabs and Iraqis share the experience of dealing with life-and-death challenges as they try to carve out a semblance of a normal life amid the chaos and lawlessness. With characters who may never meet under normal circumstances, the book brings them together in often tragic situations induced by their survival instincts, ambition, or hatred.

A novel by Farhad Babaei.