Book Club

Book Club: Food blogger and author Anisa Koralia's debut book 'The Ramadan Cookbook' is a marvel of culinary delight with over 80 authentic recipes to try during the month of Ramadan.

Book Club: Recipient of the Naguib Mahfouz prize for Arab literature, Ahmed Taibaoui's debut novel is a grim introspective of a poverty-stricken Algiers. Set in post-civil war Algeria, Taibaoui's noir offering is an intense, must-read page-turner.

Book Club: To celebrate International Women's Day 2023, The New Arab shares favourite page-turners from some of the best South Asian women writers on the circuit.

Book Club: The British Libyan journalist’s upcoming book, The Othered Woman, is the first of its kind to take a deep dive into gendered Islamophobia.

Book Club: Over ten years have passed since the Arab Spring breathed life into ideas of popular reform. Little seems to have changed. Jamie Allinson's book 'The Age of Counter-Revolution' diagnoses how and why states were able to fight back.

Book Club: A tale that highlights the perseverance of Black identity, Haji Jabir's Black Foam is a modern odyssey of transit through turbulence. The reader is taken on the journey from Eritrea to Israel, a trip fraught with danger and racism.

Book Club: Positioned at the intersection of psychology, politics and health policy, Tarek Younis' book illustrates how the State necessarily encourages Muslim inequality and political apathy, opening up the community to a wealth of injustices.

Book Club: The turbulence, trauma and turmoil caused by the final days of colonial rule divide communities and pit loved ones against each other. In Leila Aboulela's latest novel, we are forced to come to terms with the complexities of motivation.

Book Club: Free from co-option and distortion, Jehan Helou's 'Making Palestine's History' gives a rare voice to the revolutionary Palestinian women whose steadfastness helped preserve and protect the Palestinian cause against colonial incursions.

Book Club: The representation of Hajj has been beautifully brought to life in Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage by Qaisra M. Khan, a lucid history told in narrative and art.