Anonymous
Post 03/28/2023 12:56     Subject: Re:Middle Eastern literature
Jhumpa Lahiri
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 20:28     Subject: Middle Eastern literature
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Exodus
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 20:24     Subject: Re:Middle Eastern literature
I love books by Amin Maalouf (he’s Lebanese).
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 20:21     Subject: Middle Eastern literature
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rumi


He was Persian not Arab

Persian IS middle eastern
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 20:00     Subject: Re:Middle Eastern literature
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
Post 03/27/2023 19:58     Subject: Middle Eastern literature
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
Post 03/25/2023 13:32     Subject: Re:Middle Eastern literature
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
Post 03/04/2023 07:44     Subject: Middle Eastern literature
Elif Shafak is good. She's a Turkish writer
Anonymous
Post 03/01/2023 21:01     Subject: Middle Eastern literature
If we’re counting Iran, I just read In the Time of Our History by Susanne Pari, which I thought was quite good.