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Historical Fiction texts

Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
by Fatema Mernissi
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
by Shubnum Khan
The Partition Project
by Saadia Faruqi
Kartography
by Kamila Shamsie
Sophia's Journal
by Najiyah Maxfield
Celestial Bodies
by Jokha Alharthi
Burnt Shadows
by Kamila Shamsie
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
by Assia Djebar
The Story of Zahra
by Hanan Al-Shaykh
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
by Nadia Hashimi
Salt and Saffron
by Kamila Shamsie
Pillars of Salt
by Fadia Faqir
The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
by Mohja Kahf
Chronicle of a Last Summer
by Yasmine El Rashidi
The Bohemians
by Jasmin Darznik
A Long Walk From Gaza
by Asmaa Alatawna
Enter Ghost
by Isabella Hammad
The Parisian
by Isabella Hammad
Wild Thorns
by Sahar Khalifeh
The Secret Life of Saeed
by Emile Habiby
Touch
by Adania Shibli
Gate of the Sun
by Elias Khoury
Minor Detail
by Adania Shirley
My First and Only Love
by Sahar Khalifeh
Zarina Divided
by Reem Faruqi
The Blue Between Sky and Water
by Susan Abulhawa
Against the Loveless World: A Novel
by Susan Abulhawa
Lyrics Alley
by Leila Aboulela
River Spirit
by Leila Aboulela
The Lion Women of Tehran
by Marjan Kamali
Together Tea
by Marjan Kamali
The Arsonists' City
by Hala Alyan
The Stationary Shop of Tehran
by Marjan Kamali
A Steeping of Blood
by Hafsah Faizal
Safiyyah’s War
by Hiba Noor Khan
The Lucky Ones
by Zara Chowdhary
The Line They Drew Through Us
by Hiba Noor Khan
The Persians
by Sanam Mahloudji
Minaret
by Leila Aboulela
Wanting Mor
by Rukhsana Khan
Salt Houses
by Hala Alyan
Palestine/Palestinians
Mornings in Jenin
by Susan Abulhawa
Refugees Palestine/Palestinians Israel/Israelis
A Million to One
by Adiba Jaigirdar
The Kindness of Enemies
by Leila Aboulela
Rosie Raja: Mission to Cairo
by Sufiya Ahmed
Rosie Raja: Churchill's Spy
by Sufiya Ahmed
The Fortune Men
by Nadifa Mohamed
Historical Britain/British
Black Mamba Boy
by Nadifa Mohamed
Refugees Historical colonialism immigration Somalia/Somalian
The Orchard of Lost Souls
by Nadifa Mohamed
Refugees Historical Somalia/Somalian
In the Empty Quarter
by G. Willow Wilson
A Woman is No Man
by Etaf Rum
USA/Americans
The Map of Salt and Stars
by Zeyn Joukhadar
Refugees
When The Moon Is Low
by Nadia Hashimi
Refugees