![]() ![]() ![]() The Thirty Names of Night – Zeyn Joukhadar Featuring cameo appearances of delicious Palestinian food. ![]() Told through flashbacks as the main character deals with a horrific school shooting in the present, Sahar Mustafah explores complicated family dynamics as well as cultural and religious identity. The Beauty of Your Face highlights how immigration and the yearning for home can affect one’s sense of belonging, especially in the wake of a family member gone missing. Of course, this is not a definitive or exhaustive list, but you’ve come to the right place if you’re looking to update your TBR stack or want to diversify your bookshelf ahead of your next online video call.Ī poignant, engrossing coming of age story told with heart. From engrossing new fiction to insightful memoirs and thought-provoking non-fiction titles, here’s The New Arab’s roundup of books – published in English first – by Arab authors in 2020. More importantly though, 2020 was yet another year of compelling book releases from authors of Arab heritage. This year may have been unforgiving for several reasons, but at least we had plenty of new books to offer us some form of escapism from the pandemic and headache-inducing US Presidential Election. ![]()
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