Middle Eastern literature

[Anonymous]

If we’re counting Iran, I just read In the Time of Our History by Susanne Pari, which I thought was quite good.

[Anonymous]

Elif Shafak is good. She's a Turkish writer

[Anonymous]

Geographically Pakistan is South Asia, not the Middle East, but anything by the Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid is good -- The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Exit West, Moth Smoke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If we’re counting Iran, I just read In the Time of Our History by Susanne Pari, which I thought was quite good.

I wanted to love this, but I just couldn't get into it. The Iran parts were interesting, but it seemed to mostly be about typical family squabbles. I made it about halfway through. Did it get better?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Geographically Pakistan is South Asia, not the Middle East, but anything by the Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid is good -- The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Exit West, Moth Smoke.

Kamila Shamsie is the female Hamid-- but I think she's better than he is because she's so much less pretentious and doesn't try to over-reach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rumi

He was Persian not Arab

Persian IS middle eastern

[Anonymous]

I love books by Amin Maalouf (he’s Lebanese).

[Anonymous]

Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Exodus

[Anonymous]

Jhumpa Lahiri