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Haneen Reads

Just some book reviews

Non-Fiction

Total: 84

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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

Africa's Tarnished Name by Chinua Achebe

Africa’s Tarnished Name

Chinua Achebe

★★★★★

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Negozi Adichie

★★★

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Chimamanda Negozi Adichie

★★★★

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

★★★★

Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening by Manal Al-Sharif

Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening

Manal Al-Sharif

★★★★

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

★★★

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

★★★★★

Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou

Gather Together in My Name

Maya Angelou

★★

Singin' & Swingin' & Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou

Singin’ & Swingin’ & Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas

Maya Angelou

The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou

The Heart of a Woman

Maya Angelou

★★★★

All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes by Maya Angelou

All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes

Maya Angelou

Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou

Letter to My Daughter

Maya Angelou

★★★★

A Song Flung Up to Heaven by Maya Angelou

A Song Flung Up to Heaven

Maya Angelou

Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou

Mom & Me & Mom

Maya Angelou

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

★★★★

Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

★★★★

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

★★★★★

A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert by Gertrude Bell

A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert

Gertrude Bell

★★

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores by Jen Campbell

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores

Jen Campbell

★★★

The Rebel by Albert Camus

The Rebel

Albert Camus

Create Dangerously by Albert Camus

Create Dangerously

Albert Camus

★★★

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo M. Cipolla

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

Carlo M. Cipolla

★★★

Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis

Women, Race and Class

Angela Y. Davis

★★★★★

Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Y. Davis

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis

★★★★

Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Angela Y. Davis

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir

Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres

Seriously… I’m Kidding

Ellen DeGeneres

The Souls of Black Folk: with The Talented Tenth and The Souls of White Folks by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk: with The Talented Tenth and The Souls of White Folks

W.E.B. Du Bois

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

Of the Dawn of Freedom

W.E.B. Du Bois

★★★★★

Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon

Black Skin, White Masks

Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

★★★

The Unconscious by Sigmund Freud

The Unconscious

Sigmund Freud

The Psychology of Love by Sigmund Freud

The Psychology of Love

Sigmund Freud

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

★★★★

Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir

Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World

Zahra Hankir

★★★★

White by Kenya Hara

White

Kenya Hara

★★★

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

★★★

Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations by Hayden Herrera

Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

Hayden Herrara

★★★

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks

Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

Bell Hooks

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by Bell Hooks

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

Bell Hooks

Barracoon: The Story of the Last

Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”

Zora Neale Hurston

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King Jr.

★★★★

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

★★★

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

★★★

Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

Jenny Lawson

★★

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography by Audre Lorde

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name – A Biomythography

Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde

The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House

Audre Lorde

★★★★★

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

★★★★

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

★★★

The Colonizer and the Colonized by Albert Memmi

The Colonizer and the Colonized

Albert Memmi

★★★★★

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ by Friedrich Nietzsche

Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ

Friedrich Nietzsche

★★★★

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

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Jordan B. Peterson

Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson

Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

Jordan B. Peterson

And Then God Created the Middle East and Said 'Let There Be Breaking News' by Karl reMarks

And Then God Created the Middle East and Said ‘Let There Be Breaking News’

Karl reMarks

★★

A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

The History of Western Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

★★★★★

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

★★★

Islamic Design by Daud Sutton

Islamic Design: A Genius for Geometry

Daud Sutton

★★★

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

★★★★

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

★★★★★

Fame by Andy Warhol

Fame

Andy Warhol

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

A Room of One’s Own and Three Guineas

Virginia Woolf

★★★★

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Alex Haley, Malcolm X

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala

Malala Yousafzai

★★