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Yamina Taleb is approaching her seventieth birthday. These days, she strives for a quiet life, grateful to the country that hosts her and her adored family. The closest she gets to drama is scooping 'revolutionary' bargains in the form of plastic kitchenware gadgets. But Yamina's children feel differently about life in Paris. They don't always fit in, and it hurts. Omar wonders whether it's too ... Read more

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Yamina Taleb is approaching her seventieth birthday. These days, she strives for a quiet life, grateful to the country that hosts her and her adored family. The closest she gets to drama is scooping 'revolutionary' bargains in the form of plastic kitchenware gadgets. But Yamina's children feel differently about life in Paris. They don't always fit in, and it hurts. Omar wonders whether it's too
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Men Don't Cry

by Faïza Guène ...

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Men Don’t Cry invites us into the home of Mourad Chennoun in Nice, where his father spends his days fixing things in the backyard, his mother bemoans the loss of her natal village in Algeria, and the name Dounia is taboo. When his father has a stroke, Mourad is forced to rise above his fear of becoming an overweight bachelor, tied down to home by his mother's cooking, and take steps to bridge the ... Read more

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Men Don’t Cry invites us into the home of Mourad Chennoun in Nice, where his father spends his days fixing things in the backyard, his mother bemoans the loss of her natal village in Algeria, and the name Dounia is taboo. When his father has a stroke, Mourad is forced to rise above his fear of becoming an overweight bachelor, tied down to home by his mother's cooking, and take steps to bridge the
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Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow

A Novel

by Faïza Guène ...

A "touching, furious, sharp, and very funny" novel of an immigrant teenage girl finding her own identity in France ( Booklist).The Paradise projects are only a few metro stops from Paris, but it feels like a different world. Doria's father, aka the Beard, has headed back to their hometown in Morocco, leaving her and her mom to cope with their mektoub, their destiny, alone. They have a little help ... Read more

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A "touching, furious, sharp, and very funny" novel of an immigrant teenage girl finding her own identity in France ( Booklist).The Paradise projects are only a few metro stops from Paris, but it feels like a different world. Doria's father, aka the Beard, has headed back to their hometown in Morocco, leaving her and her mom to cope with their mektoub, their destiny, alone. They have a little help
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Some Dream for Fools

A Novel

by Faïza Guène ...

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A novel of a twentysomething, Algerian-born woman living on the edge in France, from "one of the hottest literary talents of multicultural Europe" ( Sunday Telegraph).When Ahlème's mother was killed in a village massacre, she left Algeria for France with her father and brother and never returned. Now, more than a decade later, she is practically French, yet in many ways she remains an outsider. ... Read more

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A novel of a twentysomething, Algerian-born woman living on the edge in France, from "one of the hottest literary talents of multicultural Europe" ( Sunday Telegraph).When Ahlème's mother was killed in a village massacre, she left Algeria for France with her father and brother and never returned. Now, more than a decade later, she is practically French, yet in many ways she remains an outsider.
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Is it possible to make your own path in the world while upholding your family legacy? That's the question at the heart of this tender and poignant coming-of-age story from the widely-acclaimed author of Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow.Born in Nice to Algerian parents, Mourad is fuelled by the desire to forge his own destiny. His retired father spends his days fixing up things in the backyard; his mother, ... Read more

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Is it possible to make your own path in the world while upholding your family legacy? That's the question at the heart of this tender and poignant coming-of-age story from the widely-acclaimed author of Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow.Born in Nice to Algerian parents, Mourad is fuelled by the desire to forge his own destiny. His retired father spends his days fixing up things in the backyard; his mother,
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The Things I Would Tell You

British Muslim Women Write

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From established literary heavyweights to emerging spoken word artists, the writers in this ground-breaking collection blow away the narrow image of the 'Muslim Woman'. Hear from users of Islamic Tinder, a disenchanted Maulana working as a TV chat show host and a plastic surgeon blackmailed by MI6. Follow the career of an actress with Middle-Eastern heritage whose dreams of playing a ghostbuster ... Read more

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From established literary heavyweights to emerging spoken word artists, the writers in this ground-breaking collection blow away the narrow image of the 'Muslim Woman'. Hear from users of Islamic Tinder, a disenchanted Maulana working as a TV chat show host and a plastic surgeon blackmailed by MI6. Follow the career of an actress with Middle-Eastern heritage whose dreams of playing a ghostbuster
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How We Met

A Memoir of Love and Other Misadventures

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'A Stylist pick for best new non-fiction for 2021' "A sweet, touching memoir about family, faith and love. There's a purity and simplicity to Huma's writing, as she attempts to reconcile the sprawling weight of expectation with her own desire for a contained but free life. But what does a life on her own terms look like? What even are her own terms? A consolation to others who have trod this very ... Read more

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'A Stylist pick for best new non-fiction for 2021' "A sweet, touching memoir about family, faith and love. There's a purity and simplicity to Huma's writing, as she attempts to reconcile the sprawling weight of expectation with her own desire for a contained but free life. But what does a life on her own terms look like? What even are her own terms? A consolation to others who have trod this very
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All Men Want to Know

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by Nina Bouraoui ...

Translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins ...

'Intense, gorgeous, troubling, seductive - a novel that has to be surrendered to rather than read' Sarah WatersAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN TRANSLATES AWARDAll Men Want to Know traces Nina Bouraoui's blissful childhood in Algeria, a wild, sun-soaked paradise, with hazy summer afternoons spent swimming, diving, and driving across the desert. Her mother is French, her father ... Read more

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'Intense, gorgeous, troubling, seductive - a novel that has to be surrendered to rather than read' Sarah WatersAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN TRANSLATES AWARDAll Men Want to Know traces Nina Bouraoui's blissful childhood in Algeria, a wild, sun-soaked paradise, with hazy summer afternoons spent swimming, diving, and driving across the desert. Her mother is French, her father
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Only in Cyprus

by Christopher Christodoulou ...

Sometimes a book comes along and you wonder why it has not been written before, well, here it is!‘Only in Cyprus’ is a hilarious insight into Cyprus living. Even if you have no intention of living in Cyprus, or to even visit Cyprus, get a unique ‘tongue in cheek’ look at an extraordinary world of chaos. If you are Cypriot or perhaps are of Cypriot origins or you have ever had any connection with ... Read more

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Sometimes a book comes along and you wonder why it has not been written before, well, here it is!‘Only in Cyprus’ is a hilarious insight into Cyprus living. Even if you have no intention of living in Cyprus, or to even visit Cyprus, get a unique ‘tongue in cheek’ look at an extraordinary world of chaos. If you are Cypriot or perhaps are of Cypriot origins or you have ever had any connection with
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Manam

by Rima Elkouri, Phyllis Aronoff, Howard Scott ...

Translated from French by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott.Léa is a teacher. She does not believe in silence and secrecy, and this is what she always tells her pupils. Silence isn’t a large part of the inheritance she received from her Téta, her beloved Armenian grandmother, who has just died at the age of one hundred and seven. Regularly over the years her large Armenian family would gather ... Read more

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Translated from French by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott.Léa is a teacher. She does not believe in silence and secrecy, and this is what she always tells her pupils. Silence isn’t a large part of the inheritance she received from her Téta, her beloved Armenian grandmother, who has just died at the age of one hundred and seven. Regularly over the years her large Armenian family would gather
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Black Sparrow

by A.J. Griffiths-Jones ...

At Heathrow airport, a hired assassin is boarding a plane to Paris. On the same plane is young Uzma Rafiq, heading for a new life with her French lover.The passengers carry identical suitcases, but their motives for traveling to the European city couldn't be further apart. When they accidentally pick up the wrong luggage on arrival, a deadly series of events is set in motion.As a sinister twist ... Read more

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At Heathrow airport, a hired assassin is boarding a plane to Paris. On the same plane is young Uzma Rafiq, heading for a new life with her French lover.The passengers carry identical suitcases, but their motives for traveling to the European city couldn't be further apart. When they accidentally pick up the wrong luggage on arrival, a deadly series of events is set in motion.As a sinister twist
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Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris ...

This vibrant collection of expat essays from legendary humorist David Sedaris is a cause for jubiliation.Sedaris's move to Paris in the early aughts inspired hilarious pieces, such as "Me Talk Pretty One Day", about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration—"You Cant Kill the Rooster" is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And ... Read more

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This vibrant collection of expat essays from legendary humorist David Sedaris is a cause for jubiliation.Sedaris's move to Paris in the early aughts inspired hilarious pieces, such as "Me Talk Pretty One Day", about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration—"You Cant Kill the Rooster" is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And
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