Books

Passage to the Plaza: Sahar Khalifeh gives voice to a generation of Palestinian women

Novelist Sahar Khalifeh records the experience of Palestinians under occupation, focusing on the presence of women in the narrative of the national struggle

Collapsing the shelves: The challenges of publishing Arab American children's books

Revolution, migration and free will: Khaled Mattawa's poems explore the notion of liberty

12 books you need to read about the Arab Spring

Barack Obama's memoir is a desperate attempt to seal a legacy. It fails

Azad Essa

Ghost in the machine: Netflix's Paranormal is strictly by the numbers

'Iranian women are pursuing their dreams': New book challenges western stereotypes

Five books on East Africa's centuries-old connection with the Middle East

Fear and loathing in Gaza: Tales of a life under siege

My End is My Beginning: A wild sci-fi ride through a world gone mad

How Turkish TV, Bollywood and K-pop spell the end for the American century

'Between Beirut and the Moon': The story of an unfulfilled odyssey

'Shy Radicals': The book that demands an inclusive world for introverts

Plague and poetry: How Middle East authors have written about disease

Egyptian cult classics: 11 books that are worth reading

The Olive Trees' Jazz: Algiers poet speaks in music of the senses

Books and bombs: How I healed myself through fiction

Jared Kushner, here are 25 more books you should read about Palestine, Israel relations

The best Middle East books of the year - picked by Middle East Eye writers

‘I sort of broke English’: Meet the Lebanese poet crossing boundaries

When We Were Arabs: 'I am not an Oriental'