New Directions: Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA, Paperback - Saqa

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Part memoir, part biography, and a celebration of the living quality of literature, the author's reflections on the works of Borges, and of the wri...

In Syria, culture has become a critical line of defenceagainst tyranny. Syria Speaks is a celebration of a people determined toreclaim their dignit...

"Let there be spaces in your togetherness.And let the winds of the heavens dance between you." Khalil GibranInspired by love poems from the Arab an...

DescriptionEgyptian cities and villages abound with an enormous wealth of khatt, or calligraphic script, ranging from casual scrawls and scribbles ...

New book by a master Iraqi calligrapher, considered to be the greatest living calligrapher, his work has influenced a generation of artists and is ...

Brings together some of the world's great chefs to share their favourite Turkish recipes. This cookbook includes classic Turkish recipes for falafe...

Suleiman's reign as Sultan marked the apogee of Ottoman power. His empire held dominion over three continents, and, populated by more than thirty m...

Provides a broad historical perspective and a richly layered analysis of a country few in the West know or understand, contextualising the current ...

A collection of Arabic text and short stories. It includes each story with an introduction, in English, biographical information about the author, ...

A landmark anthology of poetry and prose covering 1, 500 years of Arabic literature.

A brave and haunting novel about motherhood and resilience, set against the backdrop of Egyptian's revolution by Egypt's foremost feminist writer a...

A haven for many Western writers in the twentieth century, Tangier drew the likes of Paul Bowles, Jean Genet and Tennessee Williams. Each was befri...

Through a sequence of dreams, flashbacks and conversations, Yacoub Iryan, a dying novelist, reflects upon his life, his achievements, and his passi...

Rebecca has a most unusual problem: no matter how hard she tries, she can't stop broadcasting her feelings to people around her. Luckily, she's dis...

Vanessa, a writer, flies to Uganda for a conference. She means to visit her ex-cleaner Mary, now the Housekeeper of the Sheraton Hotel. Mary has he...

Three sisters struggle to change the course of their destinies in a China that does not belong to them. Yumi uses her dignity, Yuxiu her seductive ...

Ugandan Mary Tendo worked for many years in the white middle-class Henman household in London, cleaning for Vanessa and looking after her only chil...

Yusef is living in Buffalo, New York with a group of Muslim punks. A pot-smoking mohawked Sufi called Jehangir plays the rooftop call to prayer on ...

A novel that records the unique way of life on the remote Faroe Islands. Includes an introduction on the history of Faroese Language and its litera...

Trained as a human mine detector, My Luck, a boy soldier in West Africa witnesses and takes part in unspeakable brutality. At 12 his vocal cords ar...

Ahmed grows up in a small Saudi village steeped in traditional tribal culture, local legends, family ties, history, and tribal songs. He struggles ...

Fast-paced conspiracy thriller moving between New York, Geneva and the Congo. A gripping journey through the secret corridors of power by writer an...

Two men are drawn together as their lives spiral out of control in this arresting thriller, set in the shadows of Istanbul's old quarter.Publisher:...

Discusses contemporary debates within political Islam. This book argues that the evolution of political Islamic movements is essentially contextual...

Twentieth anniversary edition of this timeless, groundbreaking novel about race and racism in modern Britain, with new introduction by Booker-prize...

DescriptionMeet the people of Cairo's Gamaliya quarter. There is Nabqa, son of Adam the waterseller who can only speak truths; the beautiful and ta...

* A warm and humorous novel about working-class Algerian women in France as they reconcile their inherited trauma of migration with forging a futur...

"The Arab world's greatest living poet."--The New York Times"Adonis is one of the most important major literary figures of our century. His vision ...

Nominated for the 2015 Folio Prize, this sparkling, critically acclaimed novel is now available in paperback. This is a love letter to Virginia Woo...