Arab Americans
The Arab Americans: A History, Gregory Orfalea
The Arab American (The New Americans), Randa A. Kayyoli
Community of Many World: Arab Americans, Kathleen Benson
Arabs in America: Building a New Future, Michael W. Suleiman
Middle East
A History of the Middle East: second edition, Peter Mansfield
A History of the Modern Middle East, William L. Cleveland
The Middle East, Bernard Lewis
Lebanon
A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered, Kamal S. Salibi
From Beirut to Jerusalem, Thomas L. Friedman
Beirut’s Memory, Ayman Trawi
Jordan
Discoveries: Petra” Lost City of the Ancient World, Christian Auge
Jordan: Past and Present, E. Borgia
Lonely Planet Jordan, Anthony Ham
Egypt
Egypt (Eyewitness Travel Guide)
The Search for Ancient Egypt, Jean Vercoutter
National Geographic Traveler: Egypt, Andrew Humphries
Palestine
Palestine, Joes Sacco, Edward Said
Eyewitness Travel Guide to Jerusalem, Kate Poole
Palestine: A Guide, Mariam Shahin
Morocco
Insight Guide Morocco, Dorothy Stannard
Moorish Style, Miles Danby
Arab Authors
This is a small selection of writers from all over the Arab world. For an extremely complete list of Arab writers translated into English please go to the Arab Artists Resources & Training website www.aart.ws.
Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet
A Tear and a Smile
Treasured Writing of Kahlil Gibran
Diana Abu Jaber
The Language of Baklava; A Memoir
Crescent: A Novel
Arabian Jazz: A Novel
Mahmoud Darwish
Psalms
Flowers of Palestine
The Adam of Two Edens
Memory of Forgetfulness
Edward Said
Orientalism
Out of Place: A Memoir
The Paradox of Identity
Naguib Mahfouz
The Cario Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street
Children of the Alley
Arabian Nights and Days
Ahdaf Soueif
In the Eye of the Sun
The Map of Love
Aisha
Mourid Barghouti
I Saw Ramallah
Raja Shehadeh
Strangers in the House
When the Birds Stop Singing
Leila Ahmed
A Border Passage: From Cairo to America
Malika Oufkir
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
Freedom: The Story of My Second Life
Amin Maalouf
Leo Africanus
Samarkand
Rocks of Tanios
Crusades Through Arab Eyes