Title: Diwan Baladna: Arab Culture from an Arab’s Perspective Author: Ahmad Kamal Azban Publication Year: 2010 Pages: 147 Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Received as a gift from Zaid, purchased in the Amman airport From the cover: Everything you need to get inside Arab culture you will find in this book. All essential cultural subjects from the [...]

Title: The Bite of the Mango Authors: Mariatu Kamara (with Susan McClelland) Narrator: Jessica Almasy Publication Year: 2008 Pages: 216 (audio length: 6 hours 35 minutes) Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir Source: Audiobook version purchased from Audible.com From the cover: As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by [...]

Title: Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land Author: David K. Shipler Narrator: Robert Blumenfeld Publication Year: 1987 Pages: 608 (audio length: 28 hours 1 minute) Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Audiobook version purchased from Audible.com From the cover: The Jew, according to the Arab stereotype, is a brutal, violent coward; the Arab, to the [...]

Title: Rebels by Accident Author: Patricia Dunn Publication Year: 2012 Pages: 274 Genre: Fiction, Young Adult Source: E-review copy from the publisher, through NetGalley From the cover: A troubled teen sent to Cairo finds that revolution is everywhere — including in herself. When her first party ends in jail, Mariam thinks things can’t possibly get [...]

Title: Zeitoun Author: Dave Eggers Narrator: Firdous Bamji Publication Year: 2009 Pages: 368 (audio length: 10 hours 24 minutes) Genre: Fiction Source: Audiobook version purchased from Audible.com From the cover: When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun – a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four – chose to stay through the storm to protect [...]