Middle East/North African Lit discussion

The group will have four official reads this year , each book will be introduced separately later .

Our four reads are :

1. The Seven Days of Man (January-March)
discussion
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2. The Quarter (April-June)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

3. An Apartment Called Freedom (July-September)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4. Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah (October-December)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

N.B
We may add more official reads or buddy reads later, it depends on your recommendations .

Upon members requests, we will have a discussion for Celestial Bodies starting February 1st.

Discussion
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We have a buddy read for Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World
in here
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I just looked up An Apartment Called Freedom, but there is no description about what it's about or information about the author.

Jalilah wrote: "I just looked up An Apartment Called Freedom, but there is no description about what it's about or information about the author."

I added some information, I cannot find a lot in English, I found this link but it contains spoilers:
https://arabhyphen.wordpress.com/2013...

A discussion thread was opened for Naguib Mahfouz's THE QUARTER in here :

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We will be reading The Book of Disappearance in May and June
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We will start reading Jamilia starting from September 15 in here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Niledaughter wrote: "We will start reading Jamilia starting from September 15 in here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Yay! 😊I am so excited! I have a copy and will probably start tonight!

I got my copy of the tangerine book through interlibrary loan :)

Yay glad you can join in!