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.

ما تبقّى لكم هي صرخة أدبية عميقة يطلقها غسان كنفاني، حيث يروي بوجع مُرهَف حكاية عائلة فلسطينية شتتها النكبة، لتجد نفسها عالقة في ظلال اللجوء والمقاومة. عبر صفحات الرواية، يتقاطع مصير "حامد"، الشاب الذي تتوقد روحه شوقًا للعودة إلى الأرض المحتلة، مع شقيقته "مريم"، التي تواجه وحدها معركة مع مجتمعها وتقاليده الثقيلة.

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.