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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

The African Trilogy 1: Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

★★★★★

No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe

The African Trilogy 2: No Longer at Ease

Chinua Achebe

★★★★

Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe

The African Trilogy 3: Arrow of God

Chinua Achebe

Africa's Tarnished Name by Chinua Achebe

Africa’s Tarnished Name

Chinua Achebe

★★★★★

A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia by Madawi Al-Rasheed

A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia

Madawi Al-Rasheed

★★★★

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, and Lore by Skye Alexander

Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, and Lore

Skye Alexander

★★★

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

★★★★

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

★★★★★

No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

No Name in the Street

James Baldwin

The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin

The Devil Finds Work

James Baldwin

I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin

I Am Not your Negro

James Baldwin

★★★★★

Dark Days by James Baldwin

Dark Days

James Baldwin

★★★★★

Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis

Women, Race and Class

Angela Y. Davis

★★★★★

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

★★★

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Bleak House

Charles Dickens

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Hard Times

Charles Dickens

★★

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

★★★

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Of the Dawn of Freedom by W.E.B. Du Bois

Of the Dawn of Freedom

W.E.B. Du Bois

★★★★★

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

★★★★★

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

★★★

The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas

The Black Tulip

Alexandre Dumas

The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

The Man in the Iron Mask

Alexandre Dumas

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

★★★★

The Black Ball by Ralph Ellison

The Black Ball

Ralph Ellison

★★★★★

Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon

Black Skin, White Masks

Frantz Fanon

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

★★★★★

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan

The Problem That Has No Name by Betty Friedan

The Problem That Has No Name

Betty Friedan

★★★★

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

★★★★

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

★★★★★

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Yuval Noah Harari

★★★

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

★★★

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22

Joseph Heller

★★★

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

★★

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

★★★

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

★★★★

Barracoon: The Story of the Last

Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”

Zora Neale Hurston

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia by Robert Lacey

Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia

Robert Lacey

★★★★

Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

T.E. Lawrence

★★★

March: Book One by John Lewis

March: Book 1

John Lewis

★★★★

March: Book Two by John Lewis

March: Book 2

John Lewis

★★★★

March: Book Three by John Lewis

March: Book 3

John Lewis

★★★★★

Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall

Prisoners of Geography

Tim Marshall

★★★★

The Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World by Tim Marshall

The Power of Geography

Tim Marshall

★★★

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx

★★★

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Atonement

Ian McEwan

★★★

Moby-Dick; or, the Whale by Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, the Whale

Herman Melville

★★★★

The Colonizer and the Colonized by Albert Memmi

The Colonizer and the Colonized

Albert Memmi

★★★★★

Utopia by Thomas More

Utopia

Thomas More

★★★★

Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell

Notes on Nationalism

George Orwell

The Suffragettes by Emmeline Pankhurst

The Suffragettes

Emmeline Pankhurst

★★★

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Ilan Pappé

The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Overstory

Richard Powers

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

The History of Western Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

Palestine by Joe Sacco

Palestine

Joe Sacco

★★★★

Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

★★★★★

The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

The Forty Rules of Love

Elif Shafak

★★

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

★★★★

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

Anthony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare

★★★★

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Complete Maus

Art Spiegelman

★★★★

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

★★★★★

A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One’s Own and Three Guineas

Virginia Woolf

★★★★

يوسف الإنجليزي لـ ربيع جابر

يوسف الإنجليزي

ربيع جابر

أميركا لـ ربيع جابر

أميركا

ربيع جابر

عبدالله فيلبي قطعة من تاريخ العرب الحديث لـ خيري حماد

عبدالله فيلبي: قطعة من تاريخ العرب الحديث

حماد خيري

حكايات دبلوماسية لـ نجدة فتحي صفوة

حكايات دبلوماسية

نجدة فتحي صفوة

حياتي مع الجوع والحب والحرب ١ لـ عزيز ضياء

حياتي مع الجوع والحب والحرب ١

عزيز ضياء

حياتي مع الجوع والحب والحرب ٢ لـ عزيز ضياء

حياتي مع الجوع والحب والحرب ٢

عزيز ضياء

ثلاثية غرناطة لـ رضوى عاشور

ثلاثية غرناطة

رضوى عاشور

★★★★

الطنطورية لـ رضوى عاشور

الطنطورية

رضوى عاشور

موت صغير لـ محمد حسن علوان

موت صغير

محمد حسن علوان

★★★★★

تاريخ العبيد في الخليج العربي لـ هشام العوضي

تاريخ العبيد في الخليج العربي

هشام العوضي

الجريمة العثمانية: الوقائع الصادمة لأربعة قرون من الاحتلال‬ لـ وليد فكري

الجريمة العثمانية: الوقائع الصادمة لأربعة قرون من الاحتلال

وليد فكري

خان الخليلي لـ نجيب محفوظ

خان الخليلي

نجيب محفوظ

★★

الحروب الصليبية كما رآها العرب لـ أمين معلوف

الحروب الصليبية كما رآها العرب

Amin Maalouf أمين معلوف

التيه لـ عبد الرحمن منيف

مدن الملح ١: التيه

عبد الرحمن منيف

★★★

الأخدود لـ عبد الرحمن منيف

مدن الملح ٢: الأخدود

عبد الرحمن منيف

تقاسيم الليل والنهار لـ عبد الرحمن منيف

مدن الملح ٣: تقاسيم الليل والنهار

عبد الرحمن منيف

المنبت لـ عبد الرحمن منيف

مدن الملح ٤: المنبت

عبد الرحمن منيف

بادية الظلمات لـ عبد الرحمن منيف

مدن الملح ٥: بادية الظلمات

عبد الرحمن منيف