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• The Dream Hotel

  a Novel

  Lalami, Laila, 1968-

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  Moroccan American Sara Hussein is detained in a Kafkaesque facility after being accused of being at risk of harming her husband’s life.

• Martyr!

  Akbar, Kaveh,

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  Cyrus Shams, a queer Iranian-American poet, and his obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past.

• Arabiyya

  Recipes From the Life of An Arab in Diaspora

  Assil, Reem,

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  California bakery owner Reem Assil highlights the origins of her native Arabic food with recipes that include dips, snacks, platters and flatbreads.

• The Skin and Its Girl

  a Novel

  Cypher, Sarah,

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  Queer Palestinian American Betty Rummani navigates family secrets and identity while exploring how stories divide and unite us.

• Zahav Home

  Cooking for Friends & Family

  Solomonov, Michael,

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  Explore over 100 Israeli dishes created by James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Zahav.

• Tangerinn

  Anechoum, Emanuela, 1991-

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  After the death of her Moroccan-born father, London-based Mina returns to the Calabrian coast in Italy, where her father ran a bar called Tangerinn.

• Maydān

  Recipes From Lebanon and Beyond

  Previte, Rose,

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  Explore North Africa, the Caucasus and the Middle East through recipes by Rose Previte, who is well known for her Washington D.C. restaurants.

• I Am Cleopatra

  a Novel

  Solomons, Natasha,

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  Egyptian Princess Cleopatra fights for survival and her throne against her brother Ptolemy in order to save Egypt and write her own history.

• A Calamity of Noble Houses

  Ghenim, Amira,

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  Set in 1930s Tunisia, a suspected affair between a married woman and an intellectual man known for his activism and support for women’s rights changes the fortunes of these two families forever.

• One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

  El Akkad, Omar, 1982-

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  A searing critique arguing that a deep fracture has occurred for Black, brown and Indigenous Americans who clung to a thread of faith in Western ideals.

• My Friends

  a Novel

  Matar, Hisham, 1970-

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  After growing up in Benghazi, Khalet moves to Scotland to attend the University of Edinburgh, thrust into a society completely different than the world he knew in Libya.