Colonial rule of Northern AfricaFrench colonization of the Maghreb admin / February 10, 2025 Fatima Bakhaï (1949-, Algeria) – Dounia (‘Dunya’, 1995) tells the story of a young ambitious girl, Dounia, maturing during the…
1800 - 19201860 Mount Lebanon Civil War admin / February 10, 2025 Rabīʿa Jābir (1972-, Lebanon) – Yūsuf al-Inglīzī (‘Yusuf the Englishman’, 1999), trilogy Bayrūt Madīnat al-ʿĀlim (‘Beirut: A City of the
1800 - 19201844 – 1885 Mahdi State Sudan admin / February 10, 2025 Amīr Tāj al-Sir (1960-, Sudan) – Tawatturāt al-Qubṭī (‘The Copt’s worries’, 2009). This novel’s protagonist is Mīkhāʾīl, a Copt living
Sub-Sahara and West AfricaTanzania admin / February 10, 2025 ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Barakah Sākin (1963-, Sudan) – Samāhānī (‘Forgive me’, 2017). In the year of 1652 the Ottoman Kalief invades
Sub-Sahara and West AfricaSouth Sudan admin / February 10, 2025 For Sudan, search ‘Sudan’ in the search tool bar. Istīlā Qāytānū’s (?, Stella Gitano, Sudan) short story collection Zuhūr
Sub-Sahara and West AfricaMauritania admin / February 10, 2025 Search for ‘Mauritania’ in the search toolbar.
Sub-Sahara and West AfricaKenya admin / February 10, 2025 Ashraf al-ʿAshmāwī (?, Egypt) – Tūyā (‘Toya’, 2012). Set in the 1970s, this novel tells the story of the young
Sub-Sahara and West AfricaEritrea admin / February 10, 2025 Ḥāmid al-Nāẓir (1975-, Sudan) – Nubūʾah al-Saqqā (‘The prophecy of Saqqa’, 2015). This novel portrays the Aḥfād (grandchildren) slaves’ struggle
Sub-Sahara and West AfricaEthiopia admin / February 10, 2025 ʿAlī Badr (?, Iraq) – La Tarkuḍ Warāʾ al-Thiʾāb ya ʿAzīzatī (‘Don’t run after the wolves my darling’, 2007). The
