WORLD AUTHORS

THE MIDDLE EAST

These authors are all native to the Middle East. Their country of birth is listed after the date of publication.

Ali, Tariq, The Stone Woman (2000), Pakistan

Aswani, Alaa Al, Chicago:a Novel (2007), Egypt 

Firouz, Anahita,In the Walled Gardens (2002),Iran

Grossman, David, Her Body Knows: Two Novellas (2005), Israel

Gur, Batya, Murder in Jerusalem: a Michael Ohayon Mystery (2006), Israel

Habibi, Imil,The Secret Life of Saeed, the Pessoptimist (1985), Israel

Halaby, Laila, Once in a Promised Land (2007), Lebanon

Hosseini, Kaled, Thousand Splendid Suns (2007), Afghanistan 

Kaarasu, Bilge, Garden of Departed Cats (2003), Turkey

Kashua, Sayed, Let It Be Night (2006) Israel

Khadra, Yasmina, The Sirens of Baghdad (2007), Algeria

Khashoggi, Soheir, Nadia's Song (2005), Egypt

Khouri, Norma, Honor Lost: Love and Death... (2003), Jordan

Khoury, Elias, Yalo (2008) Lebanon

Maalouf, Amin, Balthasar's Odyssey (2002),Lebanon

Mahfuz, Najib, The Dreams (2004),Egypt (Nobel Prize Winner)

Makiya, Kanan, The Rock: A Tale of Seventh Century Jerusalem (2001) Israel

Mamduh, Aliyah, Naphtalene: a Novel of Baghdad (2005), Iraq

Matalon, Ronit, Bliss (2003), Israel

Michael, Sami, Trumpet in the Wadi (2003), Israel

Moshiri, Farnoosh, Against Gravity (2005), Iran

Nirgad, Lia, As High as the Scooter Can Fly (2002), Israel

Noori, Naveed, Dakmeh (2003),Iran

Oz, Amos, The Same Sea (2001), Israel

Pamuk, Orhan, The Black Book (2006), Turkey

Rabinyan, Dorit, A Strand of a Thousand Pearls (2002), Israel

Schami, Rafik, Damascus Nights (1993), Syria

Shah, Idries, Kara Kush (1986), Afghanistan

Shamsie, Kamila, Broken Verses (2005), Pakistan

Soueif, Ahdaf, I Think of You: Stories (2007), Egypt

Yehoshua, A.B., A Woman in Jerusalem (2006), Israel