Book Club

Book Club: In 'Defiance', Loubna Mrie recounts growing up inside Assad's Syria and the painful unlearning that turned privilege and silence into witness

December's announcement of the 2026 Arabic Booker longlist shows how Arabic fiction is moving inward, privileging memory, doubt and inner worlds

Book Club: The New Arab compiles a list of 26 standout books that promise to entertain, challenge, and inspire readers throughout 2026

Book Club: 'Driven To Their Knees' offers an exploration of humiliation as a political force, showing how leaders and movements weaponise it to justify conflict

Book Club: Historian Jean-Pierre Filiu offers a rare, first-hand account of Gaza's devastation, daily struggle & extraordinary resilience under relentless siege

Book Club: Aliyah Umm Raiyaan's 'Living with the Qur'an' guides Muslims through weekly reflections, journaling, and real-life stories to connect with Allah

Book Club: 'Making Aid Work' provides a sharp, field-driven look at how outdated Western aid models helped entrench authoritarianism in the Middle East

Book Club: We speak to Ghada Karmi about her latest book 'Murjana', the story of a Sunni Caliph, a Shia woman, and the sectarian fury that shadows their love

Book Club: In 'A Calamity of Noble Houses', love, scandal, and patriarchal control collide in a Rashomon-style family saga set in 20th-century Tunisia

Book Club: 'No Neutrals There' reveals how US labor has never been neutral on Palestine, aiding Israel with funds, influence, and political pressure